Jong, Erica

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

"You see an awful 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." - How to Save Your Own Life

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads." - in The First Ms. Reader, ed. Francine Klagsbrun