Rita Mae Brown

“As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.”

“I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.”

“I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.”

“Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.”

“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.”

“All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.”

“You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.”

“If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.”

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

“Morals are private. Decency is public.”

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

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

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

“You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.”

“There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.”

“Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.”

“I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.”

“Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.”

“I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.”

“Political elections are not life and death.”