I think weโre [men and women] more similar. In that we all deal with our fantasy lives and sometimes are disappointed by reality.
Erica JongI write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing.
Erica JongI believe that there's a force of life in the universe, and that when we're writing or making music or painting, we're likely to connect with that flow.
Erica JongFeminism is really the right of women to be full human beings and to not be defined only by their childbearing function. Feminism is really the right of women to be human beings. That's it, yet that's so frightening to a lot of people. A full human being wants satisfying work and love. A full human being is entitled to both, and is not simply defined by only one aspect of her being.
Erica Jong