Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
Erica JongThere's another part of getting older that's just wonderful. Which is you see the way the stories turn out with peoples' lives.
Erica JongA baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you're pregnant, or you'd probably jump off a bridge. Nobody tells you how all-consuming it is to be a mother-how reading goes out the window and thinking too.
Erica JongA poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
Erica Jong