We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events? Rita Mae Brown Read Quote
All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion. Rita Mae Brown Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people. Rita Mae Brown Read Quote
There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace. Rita Mae Brown Read Quote
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. Rita Mae Brown Read Quote
I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it’s harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. Rita Mae Brown Read Quote