Rita Mae Brown

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

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

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

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

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

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

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.

Morals are private. Decency is public.

Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers.

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

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

- Rita Mae Brown