Jong, Erica Mann

US author

wrote novels "Fear of Flying" 1973, "Parachutes and Kisses" 1984, "Inventing Memory" 1997

• "In my dream, the Angel shrugged and said,"If we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination."And then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand."
• "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."
• "My reaction to porn films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live."
• "[Advice is] what you ask for when you already know the answer but wish you didn't."
• "If you don't risk anything you risk even more."