A baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you're pregnant, or you'd probably jump off a bridge. Nobody tells you how all-consuming it is to be a mother-how reading goes out the window and thinking too.
Erica JongPregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life.
Erica JongA poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
Erica JongI have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
Erica Jong