Erica Jong

If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.

Erica Jong

Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.

Erica Jong

I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.

Erica Jong

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

Erica Jong

As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.

Erica Jong

Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.

Erica Jong

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..

Erica Jong

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.

Erica Jong

Love is everything it’s cracked up to be… It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

Erica Jong

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

Erica Jong