"Rita Mae Brown" is an American writer and feminist. She is best known for her first novel Rubyfruit Jungle. Published in 1973, it dealt with lesbian themes in an explicit manner unusual for the time. Brown is also a Mystery fiction/mystery writer and screenwriting/screenwriter.

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The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

The last thing I have to say is that ice is the past tense of water. I've always wanted to write that sentence and now I have.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

I ask you men...what are you so afraid of? If I am equal to you in power, does that diminish you?

Novelty is not necessarily a virtue.

Television and film demand that people at all levels have brass balls or brass ovaries. Unfortunately, we live in the reign of the eunuch.

My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.

Morals are private. Decency is public.

I don't expect executives to be creative but I do expect them to have courage.

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.

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

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.

Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

Why can't peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Let's pull together for peace.

Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

This is a celebration of individual freedom, not of homosexuality. No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

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

Computer dating is fine, if you're a computer.

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

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.