I had been a feminist all my life, but the big problem was how to make your feminism jibe with you unappeasable hunger for male bodies.
Erica JongMy generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.
Erica JongPeople are terrified. A lot of them are in relationships that aren't satisfying, and if you tell them they can change their life, they get really scared.
Erica JongThere is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship-only backward. You try to start again but get into blaming over and over. Finally you are both worn out, exhausted, hopeless. Then lawyers are called in to pick clean the corpses. The death has occurred much earlier.
Erica Jong