Quote #4

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

More from Erica Jong

  1. 'Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.'
  2. 'Men and women, women and men. It will never work.'
  3. '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 i…
  4. 'Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.'
  5. 'Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.'
  6. Never follow a dog act. You know you're on the skids when you play yourself in the movie version of your life.

All Erica Jong quotes