Erica Jong Quotes - Page 17

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• We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.

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  Rights, Ideas, Feminism

  "Erica Jong on Feminism for the Future". Omega Institute Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 13, 2014.

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• We've shown again and again, in every UN report on the status of women, that wherever women control their own bodies and have access to education, societies prosper. Men's fortunes go up, children's fortunes go up. This is not news - it's been proven repeatedly. Anywhere those things are threatened, we have to defend them.

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  Children, Men, News

  "Erica Jong on Feminism for the Future". Omega Institute Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 13, 2014.

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• I'm not classically pretty; I've always been too heavy; I've had thyroid disease and it's very hard for me to lose weight - but I've always had men pursue me. I've always had that 'it' thing. God knows why. Maybe it's pheromones, I don't know.

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  Men, Pheromones, Weight

  Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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• There's another part of getting older that's just wonderful. Which is you see the way the stories turn out with peoples' lives.

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  Getting Older, Stories, Way

  Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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• In a way women are fleshier because of estrogen. It's hard for us to lose weight because when we get super skinny we don't ovulate. Women in camps during the Holocaust didn't menstruate and didn't ovulate. They were starving; they were terrified. Why emulate that condition? It's nonsensical to me.

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  Holocaust, Weight, Way

  Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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• I actually think leaving your children alone to fantasize, to write, to make projects on their own is good for them. Breathing down their necks is a form of control. Children should have their own space.

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  Children, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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• I was surprised by my daughter's generation and how they were rebelling against the '70s idea that sex was perfect and it should be sought.

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  Daughter, Sex, Ideas

  "Getting Intimate with Erica Jong". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 1, 2011.

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• The only rule I have when writing is to try to tell the truth. That doesn't mean you can't exaggerate, edit, rewrite things to make them more dramatic. But emotional truth is what I look for in writing.

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  Writing, Mean, Emotional

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• I think I've become more cynical about sex. Meaning, I don't think sex in and of itself leads to an epiphany.

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  Sex, Thinking, Cynical

  "Getting Intimate with Erica Jong". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 1, 2011.

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• People are terrified. A lot of them are in relationships that aren't satisfying, and if you tell them they can change their life, they get really scared.

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  People, Scared, Get Real

  "Erica Jong is back - as fearless as ever". Interview with Carole Burns, www.washingtonpost.com. September 08, 2015.

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• I think a lot of people, when they read about a woman who acknowledges her sexuality and her feelings, get really scared. They say they want to be fearless, but in reality they're terrified. If they acknowledge their deepest feelings, they might have to change their lives.

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  Thinking, Reality, People

  "Erica Jong is back - as fearless as ever". Interview with Carole Burns, www.washingtonpost.com. September 08, 2015.

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• Sex just as a drive, as a hormonal drive, is not very interesting.

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  Sex, Interesting, Very Interesting

  "Getting Intimate with Erica Jong". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 1, 2011.

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• I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women had to fight very hard to do what they wanted to do in the world - that it wasn't an easy choice. But I think the most important part is that we all want the right to be taken seriously as human beings, and to use our talents without reservation, and that's still not possible for women.

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  Mother, Taken, Fighting

  "Erica Jong on Feminism for the Future". Omega Institute Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 13, 2014.

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• I think poetry is the best thing I do. It's certainly the purest. I seem to switch gears without too much trouble. Non-fiction is in many ways the easiest to write.

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  Writing, Thinking, Fiction

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• Most sex doesn't really bring people together. You have to reach a certain level of connection, I think, and that's pretty rare.

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  Sex, Thinking, People

  "Getting Intimate with Erica Jong". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 1, 2011.

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• I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.

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  Book, Inspire, Trying

  Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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• If you've been a pretty woman and always pursued by lovers, losing that and not having that - it feels like a great loss.

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  Loss, Pretty Woman, Losing

  "The Believer Interview with Erica Jong". Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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