Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."
Erica JongArt keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child.
Erica JongWomen in America read 'lifestyle' pages which are really glorifications of shopping. They teach us we must veil ourselves in make-up to be loved. And we willingly take the veil, thinking ourselves freed by it. Make-up is no more optional for us than the veil is for Arab women: it is our Western version of the chador.
Erica Jong