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.
Erica JongYou must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough.
Erica JongYoung people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.
Erica Jong