Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry.
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Famous quotes by erica jong:
“In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap, our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.”
—Erica Jong (20th century)
“Solitude is un-American.”
—Erica Jong (b. 1942)
“Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.”
—Erica Jong (b. 1942)
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.”
—Erica Jong (b. 1942)
“My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem—then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.”
—Erica Jong (b. 1942)