Rita Mae Brown Quotes

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.

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.

Normal is the average of deviance.

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

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

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.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

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

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.

Morals are private. Decency is public.

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

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

Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.

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

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

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

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

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

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.

Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.

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

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.

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

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

About all you can do in life is be who you are.

Some people live life and others talk about it.

While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.

The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.

So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.

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

Humor comes from self-confidence.

Consider the "new" woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.

Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do have to learn to be ladies and gentlemen.

What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.

One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

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

Life is too short to be miserable.

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

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

If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.

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

Writers will happen in the best of families.

He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out.

People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle.