Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Erica Jong Quotes: The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.
         

The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.


Erica Jong
Check all other quotes by Erica Jong

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Erica Jong Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-most-important-thing-for-a-writer-564015>.





Check out


Other quotes of Erica Jong


You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.



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

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



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

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



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.

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.



The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.



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 the talent to the dark place where it leads.



Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.



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

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



How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.



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.

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.





Other quotes you may like


Look after goodness and truth, beauty will look after herself.

Look after goodness and truth, beauty will look after herself.



on the day that started it all, that rocketed me forward and landed me here, in this new body, in this new future.

on the day that started it all, that rocketed me forward and landed me here, in this new body, in this new future.



I may not be old but I’m too old to have this much nothing

I may not be old but I’m too old to have this much nothing



Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.



You write to suit some sense in yourself and trust that that will resonate with a certain wider readership.

You write to suit some sense in yourself and trust that that will resonate with a certain wider readership.



I will not let anyone into America that I think poses a risk to us.

I will not let anyone into America that I think poses a risk to us.



I had always worked. I always had part-time jobs.

I had always worked. I always had part-time jobs.



i have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.

i have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.



If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.



Hope is not attached to outcomes but is a state of mind.

Hope is not attached to outcomes but is a state of mind.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.". Author of this quote is Erica Jong. This quote is about locked, important, study,.