17 Quotes By Rita Mae Brown


I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
Rita Mae Brown on age

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
Rita Mae Brown on art

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
Rita Mae Brown on best

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
Rita Mae Brown on car

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
Rita Mae Brown on education

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Rita Mae Brown on experience

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Rita Mae Brown on good

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
Rita Mae Brown on good

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Rita Mae Brown on happiness

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
Rita Mae Brown on hope

Humor comes from self-confidence.
Rita Mae Brown on humor

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
Rita Mae Brown on life

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
Rita Mae Brown on love

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
Rita Mae Brown on men

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
Rita Mae Brown on trust

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
Rita Mae Brown on women

Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.
Rita Mae Brown on women