Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

Writers will happen in the best of families.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, its better than no inspiration at all.

Dean: Dont you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesnt this disturb you my dear? After all, its not normal. Molly: I know its not normal for people in this world to be happy, and Im happy.

Oh well, maybe the only beauty left in cities is in the oil slicks on the road and maybe there isnt any beauty left in the people who live in these places.

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

I mean, what do people talk about when theyre married? Their kids, I guess. Maybe thats all they have in common.

It doesnt matter to me. Were still cousins in our own way. Bloods just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.

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

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

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

Whenever a young thing wants to be free minus serious thought, she gets pregnant and then gets married. Voilà!

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because its harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

Carrie, sitting there over your coffee cup in a wasteland of worn-out silver wedding rings, feeding yourself confections of motherhood like the display cakes in the bakery where you worked- all trimming over cardboard.

If you dont like my book write your own.

Im not an addictive personality, I just like getting high, thats all.

Unfortunately, Susan didnt remember what Jane Fulton once said, Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

Thats the craziest, dumbass thing I ever heard tell of. Whats the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man? Hell, if I wanted a man, Ill get the real thing not one of these chippies.

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

I think of birth as the search for a larger apartment.