You must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough.
Erica JongBlocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you'll never write a line.
Erica JongMemory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
Erica Jong