Rita Mae Brown Quotes

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
Rita Mae Brown

Live, Times, Ask

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

Men, Place, Logical

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

Stupid, End, Him

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.
Rita Mae Brown

Women, Laugh, Old

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

Successful, Strong, Action

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

Writing, Interest, Ability

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

Means, Writer, Comic

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

Age, True, 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

Life, Work, Time

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.
Rita Mae Brown

Best, Writing, Two

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.
Rita Mae Brown

Life, Best, Writing

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

Reason, Off, Often

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like.
Rita Mae Brown

Book, Find, Tell

If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
Rita Mae Brown

Good, Taste, Novels

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
Rita Mae Brown

Intuition, Logic, Impatience

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Rita Mae Brown

Power, Moon, Language

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
Rita Mae Brown

Passion, Moral, Television

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.
Rita Mae Brown

Work, Nothing, Else

Normal is the average of deviance.
Rita Mae Brown

Normal, Average

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

Until, Consider, Middle

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
Rita Mae Brown

Function, Precedes

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

Creative, Difficult, Few

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
Rita Mae Brown

Love, Power, Revolution

Writers will happen in the best of families.
Rita Mae Brown

Best, Happen, Writers

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

Car, Someone, Off

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 28, 1944

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