Quotes By 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.

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

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

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

Life is too short to be miserable.

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

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

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

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

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

Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.

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

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.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

I have no idea what will come next in my writing life or life in general. I like not knowing, but I know what I want. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I'll give it my best try.

I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.

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.

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.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

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

No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

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

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

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

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

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