Rita Mae Brown Quotes (46 Quotes)

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.

Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.

I believe all literature started as gossip.

As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.

Humor comes from self-confidence.

It's an act of faith to be a writer in a post literate world.

Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.

We all want to leave our children the Garden of Eden, And we wind up giving them hardscrabble.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like. Life is too short to be miserable. If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.

I believe in art that conceals art.

Morals are private. Decency is public.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers.

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.