Quotes from Rita Mae Brown

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

When God made man she was practicing.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

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

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.

He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.

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

He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.

Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.

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

If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.?

It 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.

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

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

Some people live life and others talk about it.

So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.