Rita Mae Brown quotes - page 3

Rita Mae Brown is an American writer, feminist, and activist, renowned for her groundbreaking novel "Rubyfruit Jungle." Her work often explores themes of gender, sexuality, and social justice. She has inspired generations with her outspoken advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and her versatile literary career. Here are 84 of her quotes:

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

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

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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

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

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

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

Rita Mae Brown

Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!

Rita Mae Brown

I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.

Rita Mae Brown

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

Rita Mae Brown

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

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

Rita Mae Brown

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

Rita Mae Brown

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

Rita Mae Brown

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

Political elections are not life and death.

Rita Mae Brown

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

Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.

Rita Mae Brown

All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.

Rita Mae Brown

We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

Rita Mae Brown