Rita Mae Brown Quotes

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

Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.

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

The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave.

Never let money control you. I'd rather see someone spend every red cent and relish his/her life than scrimp, obsess, and pinch the pennies. There's something repugnant about a person who centers his life around money.

I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in some manner) but rather that tragedy is irresolvable conflict.

So often the truth is told with hate, and lies are told with love.

If you don't like my book, write your own.

I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.

I can only say I wish I had slept with everyone I am accused of.

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

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

If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.

Why marry a woman if you're going to betray her, and if you're going to betray her, why beat her? The fault is not hers ... I sometimes think the worst we do, we do behind closed doors.

Plot involves fragmentary reality, and it might involve composite reality. Fragmentary reality is the view of the individual. Composite reality is the community or state view. Fragmentary reality is always set against composite reality. Virginia Woolf did this by creating fragmentary monologues and for a while this was all the rage in literature. She was a genius. In the hands of the merely talented it came off like gibberish.

It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.

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.

Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.

People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.

Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.

Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.

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

[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.

Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world.

In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man?

It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America we have accepted diminishing returns in this arena.

Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.

Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.

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

Gossip is irresponsible communication.

When God made man she was practicing.

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

There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.

Why can't peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Let's pull together for peace.

Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.

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