Erica Jong Quotes

Poetry is fired by love.

Erica Jong

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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.

Gary Hamel
- Life
- World
- Why
When I was around 12, my heroes were Cindy Sherman and Bob Dylan and Samuel Westing from the kids' novel 'The Westing Game'.

Tavi Gevinson
- Kids
- Game
- Heroes
Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.

Garry Trudeau
When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.

Taylor Swift
- Mom
- Go
- Grapes
Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.

Zara Phillips
- Matter
- Say
- Wrong
Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.

Carl Honore
- World
- High
- Moments