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.

- Rita Mae Brown

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

- Rita Mae Brown

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

Political elections are not life and death.

- Rita Mae Brown

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.

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.

- Rita Mae Brown

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.

- Rita Mae Brown

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.

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

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.

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

- Rita Mae Brown

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.

- Rita Mae Brown