375 Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

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.

Tragedy massages the human ego even as comedy deflates it. ... Tragedy pits us against large foes and the trip wire is our own character. ... In comedy we fall afoul of one another. Comedy depends on social life, on our behavior in groups. In tragedy you can observe one human against the gods. In comedy it's one human versus other humans and often one man (or woman if I'm writing it) against her own worst impulses.

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.

The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.

compromise is the work of mature people.

Nothing is unnatural - just untried.