Erica Jong

If you don't risk anything you risk even more.

A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Love is everything it's cracked up to be…It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads.

Men and women, women and men. It will never work.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything its cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...it really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everthing for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

Everyone has talent; what is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame.