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Rita Mae Brown
American
Writer
About the author
Morals are private. Decency is public.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Public
#Morals
#Decency
Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Literature
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,
American
Writer
#Friends
#Illness
#Americans
#Suffering
#Statistics
#Sanity
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Power
#Language
#Moon
#Tides
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Temptation
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,
American
Writer
#End
#Gold
Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Television
#Passion
#Entertainment
#Propaganda
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Memory
#Happiness
Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Being
Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Logic
#Intuition
#Impatience
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Conformity
#Reward
To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Love
#Power
#Revolution
Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Writers
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,
American
Writer
#Love
#Women
#Sex
#Lesbian
Writers will happen in the best of families.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Will
#Writers
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Manners
You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Car
Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Action
#Successful
The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Love
#People
Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Art
#Television
#Passion
#Entertainment
#Propaganda
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Negative
#Inspiration
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,
American
Writer
#Action
#Life
#Fight
#Slavery
Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Ugly
#Pornography
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,
American
Writer
#Life
#Love
#People
#Will
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#World
#Men
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,
American
Writer
#Woman
#Meeting
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Hope
#Work
#Trust
#Creativity
Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Tragedy
#Divorce
Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Education
#Name
Humor comes from self-confidence.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Self
#Humor
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Reason
I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Writer
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Wrong
#Decision
I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Women
#Lesbian
I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Authority
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Age
#Memory
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,
American
Writer
#Time
#Life
#Work
#Nothing
#Trade
#Bargain
Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
Rita Mae Brown,
American
Writer
#Experience
#Judgment