Quotes from Rita Mae Brown

...funny how people want a return to the good ole days. Of coarse the good ole days of being a rich white plantation owner. Everyone seems to forget the poor white farmer.

All decisions are made on insufficient evidence.

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

If Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white with a roller.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

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.

Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do have to learn to be ladies and gentlemen.

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

Once you know what women are like, men get kind of boring. I'm not trying to put them down, I mean I like them sometimes as people, but sexually they're dull.

Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.

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

Normal is the average of deviance.

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.

If the world were a logical place men would ride sidesaddle.

Consider the "new" woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.

To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.

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.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

I believe in art that conceals art.

In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by working with the real can you get closer to the ideal.

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.

compromise is the work of mature people.

Never hope for it more than you work for it.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.