Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is a prolific American writer, most known for her mysteries and other novels (Rubyfruit Jungle). She is also an Emmy-nominated screenwriter.
Found 22 thoughts of Rita Mae Brown
I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
Rita Mae Brown
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
Rita Mae Brown
The reward for comformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
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
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.
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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
Rita Mae Brown
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
Rita Mae Brown
I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
Rita Mae Brown
Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
Rita Mae Brown
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
Rita Mae Brown
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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.
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
The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
Rita Mae Brown
The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.
Rita Mae Brown
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
Rita Mae Brown
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.
Rita Mae Brown
Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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