The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.
—Rita Mae Brown
Topics: Originality
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
—Rita Mae Brown
Topics: Trust, Hope, Work, Hard Work, Creativity
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all.
—Rita Mae Brown
Topics: Goals
Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn’t sign your name you’d have to pay cash.
—Rita Mae Brown
Topics: Education
I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
—Rita Mae Brown
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
—Rita Mae Brown
Topics: Relaxation, Aspirations, Goals, Simplicity, Happiness
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
—Rita Mae Brown
Topics: Experience, Decisions, Judgment, Mistakes, Failures
Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
—Rita Mae Brown
Topics: Television
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Alice Walker American Novelist, Activist
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Margaret Truman American Singer
Lisa Alther American Novelist
Angela Davis American Political Activist
Annie Dillard American Writer
Cynthia Ozick American Novelist, Essayist
Carol Shields Canadian Author, Academic