Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

About Rita Mae Brown:

Rita Mae Brown is an American writer and feminist. She is best known for her first novel Rubyfruit Jungle. Published in 1973, it dealt with lesbian themes in an explicit manner unusual for the time. Brown is also a mystery writer and screenwriter.
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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.

Rita Mae Brown

Morals are private. Decency is public.

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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.

Rita Mae Brown

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

Rita Mae Brown

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.

Rita Mae Brown

Normal is the average of deviance.

Rita Mae Brown

All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.

Rita Mae Brown

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

Author Bio

  • NameRita Mae Brown
  • DescriptionNovelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
  • BornNovember 28, 1944
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Poet; Polo Player; Author; Novelist; Autobiographer