Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.
Erica JongI have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.
Erica JongLove is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
Erica JongO what is it about having one's own Babe upon one's Hip that makes a Woman wish to go home to her Mother? A Desire to say: 'Look, the Circle is compleat'? A Desire to say: 'Look, I have cross'd the Divide and now am more like you'? A Desire to say: 'Look, this Babe I offer you is my most precious Gift'?
Erica Jong