it is not unusual to hate great writers before we learn to love them. Because they have created something that did not yet exist, they must also create their audience. Sometimes the audience is not yet ready. Sometimes it has yet to be born.
Erica JongThe problem with feminism in the second wave was that we fought so much among ourselves, and I think we did so much damage to the movement... and I think the next wave, the third wave, is women mentoring younger women and women helping younger women to enter the political process and the writing world.
Erica JongThe words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton's first law of jealousy.
Erica JongA Soul is partly given, partly wrought; remember always that you are the Maker of your own Soul.
Erica Jong