Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brownis an American writer, activist, and feminist. She is best known for her first novel Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown is also a mystery writer and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 November 1944
CountryUnited States of America
Rita Mae Brown quotes about
two three freeways
Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!
swim trouble
He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.
littles reason accepting
I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.
statistics literature quarters
Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000.
thinking judging people
I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.
red pennies cents
Never let money control you. I'd rather see someone spend every red cent and relish his/her life than scrimp, obsess, and pinch the pennies. There's something repugnant about a person who centers his life around money.
attitude way social
Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
courage hate fighting
It's still easier to take a blow from outside than it is to be disgusted with myself for not taking a stand. I don't know how people can live and not fight back but apparently millions do. They must hate themselves.
mother advice age
Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.
writing doors splinters
I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.
thinking years people
I think in the years to come what Reagan will be remembered for is that he had the chance to stop the plague and he chose not to because the 'right people' were dying.
home trying winner
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.
inspirational self dishonesty
The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.
art believe i-believe
I believe in art that conceals art.