187 Quotes by Florence King

By sending the contradictory message that the famous are just plain folks on Mount Olympus, America has forged a relentless tension between loftiness and accessibility. Stir in the fact that the inborn talent and intelligence needed to achieve fame are immune to distributive tinkering by government programs and you have a definition of fame certain to produce envious rage: somebody screwed democracy.

I don't mind being regarded as perverted and unnatural, but I would die if people thought I was a Democrat.

There is more sexism in a year's worth of movies than actually exists in a woman's entire lifetime.

There's no national glue holding us together because somebody put too much pluribus in the unum.

When you go apartment-hunting in the South, you encounter little old ladies who ask you if you use strong drink. In New York you encounter paranoids who wonder if you will commit suicide--not that they care; what they worry about is blood on their fresh paint, a dubious smell in the hallway, or a hole in the awning as you pass through on your way to the sidewalk. The Southerner who moves to any part of the country has problems, but the culture shock that attacks the Southerner who moves North is almost indescribable.

Insecurity breeds treachery: if you are kind to people who hate themselves, they will hate you as well.

I do believe in reincarnation, but I do not believe there is life before noon.

Americans respect talent only insofar as it leads to fame, and we reserve our most fervent admiration for famous people who destroy their lives as well as their talent. The fatal flaws of Elvis, Judy, and Marilyn register much higher on our national applause meter than their living achievements. In Amerca, talent is merely a tool for becoming famous in life so you can become more famous in death - where all are equal.

Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush.