I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact that we are the superior species. We are the species uniquely capable of imagination, rationality, and moral choice - and that is precisely why we are under an obligation to recognize and respect the rights of animals.
Brigid BrophyI don't myself believe that, even when we fulfil our minimum obligation not to cause pain, we have the right to kill animals.
Brigid BrophyWhenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'We must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it.
Brigid BrophyI refuse absolutely to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. ... I obdurately insist on believing that some men are my equals.
Brigid BrophyTo my mind, the two most fascinating subjects in the universe are sex and the eighteenth century.
Brigid BrophyIn a sense, the first (if not necessarily the prime) function of a novelist, of ANY artist, is to entertain. If the poem, painting, play or novel does not immediately engage one's surface interest then it has failed. Whatever else it may or may not be, art is also entertainment. Bad art fails to entertain. Good art does something in addition.
Brigid Brophy