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.

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— 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

All decisions are made on insufficient evidence.

— Rita Mae Brown

A peacefulness follows any decision even the wrong one.

— 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

Carrie, sitting there over your coffee cup in a wasteland of worn-out silver wedding rings, feeding yourself confections of motherhood like the display cakes in the bakery where you worked-all trimming over cardboard.

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— Rita Mae Brown

Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— Rita Mae Brown