Rita Mae Brown

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

— Rita Mae Brown

Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.

— Rita Mae Brown

Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That's up to heaven.

— Rita Mae Brown

Novels, like human beings, usually have their beginnings in the dark.

— Rita Mae Brown

[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.

— Rita Mae Brown

Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.

— Rita Mae Brown

Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers.

— Rita Mae Brown

Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.

— Rita Mae Brown

What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better…

— Rita Mae Brown

Why marry a woman if you're going to betray her, and if you're going to betray her, why beat her? The fault…

— Rita Mae Brown

Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?

— Rita Mae Brown

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have…

— Rita Mae Brown

It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America…

— Rita Mae Brown

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror…

— Rita Mae Brown

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show…

— Rita Mae Brown

“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3…

— Rita Mae Brown

Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle.

— Rita Mae Brown

I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.

— Rita Mae Brown

the reason for revolution is so the good things in life circulate.

— Rita Mae Brown

There are more differences between poor people than between middle-class people.

— Rita Mae Brown

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

— Rita Mae Brown

“High heels were invented by a woman who had once been kissed on the forehead.”

— Rita Mae Brown

It's an act of faith to be a writer in a post literate world.

— Rita Mae Brown

Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.

— Rita Mae Brown

I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.

— Rita Mae Brown

“Then you stay in that root cellar until Jesus comes back.”

— Rita Mae Brown

I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

— Rita Mae Brown

Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.

— Rita Mae Brown

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

— Rita Mae Brown

One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"

— Rita Mae Brown

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— Rita Mae Brown

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

— Rita Mae Brown

I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.

— Rita Mae Brown

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

— Rita Mae Brown

“You can't pee in front of little Lord Jesus, go back to the hills.”

— Rita Mae Brown

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

— Rita Mae Brown

Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.

— Rita Mae Brown

The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.

— Rita Mae Brown

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

— Rita Mae Brown