Rita Mae Brown

Political elections are not life and death.

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

I don't think you can ever assess your work. I don't think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess mine, and his didn't have a social impact as much as great literary impact.

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

I have no idea what will come next in my writing life or life in general. I like not knowing, but I know what I want. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I'll give it my best try.

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.

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.

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

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like.

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

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

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

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.

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

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.