Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
From Erica Jong
I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.
What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is about Eros and Thanatos. Those are the only subjects. And how Eros and Thanatos interweave.
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
I'm interested in what happens to people when they get into that publicity machine. We tend to think things have changed, but there's still a deep sexism underlying the way women are treated publicly.
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