A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
– Rita Mae Brown
A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
– Rita Mae Brown
Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
– 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
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
– Rita Mae Brown
Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
– Rita Mae Brown
Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
– Rita Mae Brown
Humor comes from self-confidence.
– Rita Mae Brown
I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
– Rita Mae Brown
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
– Rita Mae Brown
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.
– Rita Mae Brown
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
– Rita Mae Brown
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.
– Rita Mae Brown
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
– 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
Make the iron hot by striking it.
– Rita Mae Brown
Morals are private. Decency is public.
– Rita Mae Brown
My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.
– Rita Mae Brown
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
– Rita Mae Brown
The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
– Rita Mae Brown
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.
– Rita Mae Brown
Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.
– Rita Mae Brown
What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man?
– Rita Mae Brown
Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.
– Rita Mae Brown
Writers will happen in the best of families.
– Rita Mae Brown
You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
– Rita Mae Brown
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.
– Rita Mae Brown
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
– Rita Mae Brown
The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.
– Rita Mae Brown
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
– Rita Mae Brown
I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
– Rita Mae Brown
Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
– Rita Mae Brown
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.