Rita Mae BrownIf 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 lik… ▶361LifeReadingThought
Rita Mae BrownThe 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. … ▶372Thought
Rita Mae BrownNo 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 con… ▶351HumanityPolitics
Rita Mae BrownI believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can. ✨ Personal Quotes/ Biography. www.imdb.com.351Truth
Rita Mae BrownAny woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.363Politics
Rita Mae BrownHappiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.374Love
Rita Mae BrownPeople are like tea bags; you never know how strong they'll be until they're in hot water. In times of trouble, you not only discover what you truly believe but whether or not you… ▶364HumanityTime
Rita Mae BrownI finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (1982). Southern discomfort, Harpercollins342Life
Rita Mae BrownI don't believe in straight or gay. I really don't. I think we're all degrees of bisexual.332Thought
Rita Mae BrownThe process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (2011). Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual, p.20, Bant… ▶344LifePolitics
Rita Mae BrownI 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 (2011). Starting from Sc… ▶377Thought
Rita Mae BrownI have finally figured out that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.312Life
Rita Mae BrownIt doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.345Humanity
Rita Mae BrownA life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.312Life
Rita Mae BrownNothing is unnatural - just untried. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (2009). Venus Envy, p.75, Bantam367Philosophy
Rita Mae BrownIt's an act of faith to be a writer in a postliterate world. ✨ Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual. Book by Rita Mae Brown, ejournals.lib.vt.edu.… ▶379HopeReading
Rita Mae BrownTo love without role, without power plays, is revolution. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (1976). A plain brown rapper, Diana Pr335LovePolitics
Rita Mae BrownWhoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution? ✨ Rita Mae Brown (2014). Rubyfruit Jungle, p.215, Bantam357HumanityThought
Rita Mae BrownLove is the wild card of existence. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (2009). Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small, p.21, Ballantine Books3710LifeLoveReading
Rita Mae BrownRecognition of function always precedes recognition of being. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (2011). Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual, p.36, Bantam281Hope
Rita Mae BrownAbout 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.325HumanityLifeLove
Rita Mae BrownI think of birth as the search for a larger apartment. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (2011). Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual, p.11, Bantam359Thought
Rita Mae BrownThere 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.326Life
Rita Mae BrownHollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did. ✨ Write On by Rita Mae Brown, www.huffingtonpost.com… ▶326Reading
Rita Mae BrownThe reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.326Sadness
Rita Mae BrownLife is too short to be miserable. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (1982). Southern discomfort, Harpercollins282Life
Rita Mae BrownThe writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.338Reading
Rita Mae BrownYou can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (2011). Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual, p.38, Bantam294Reading
Rita Mae BrownAn army of lovers shall not fail. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (1987). Poems251Love
Rita Mae BrownLanguage exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. ✨ Rita Mae Brown (2011). Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual, p.58, Bantam317Politics
