Rita Mae Brown Life Quotations

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.

We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

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 novel, find a book you do like. Life is too short to be miserable. If you do like my novels, I commend your good taste.

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

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

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

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.

Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.

Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.