Wag of the Week Erica Jong

Erica Jong

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

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

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

Fear of Fifty "A half-century under her belt has not staled Jong's passion nor has painful controversy withered her talent for unflinching observation." (Kirkus Reviews) Chapters include "The Mad Lesbian in the Attic'' (about her aunt) & "Donna Juana Gets Smart'' (about loving "bad boys''). "We are the Whiplash Generation," says Erica, "raised to be Doris Day...yearning to be Gloria Steinem."