“I believe all literature started as gossip.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
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Famous Rita Mae Brown Quotes
“Gossip is irresponsible communication.”
Source: A plain brown rapper
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.”
“The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.”
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“There are more differences between poor people than between middle-class people.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
Source: Dolley
“It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.”
Source: In Her Day
“English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“Some people live life and others talk about it.”
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
Source: Dolley
“Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.”
Source: Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small
“Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.”
Source: Southern discomfort
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“Novels, like human beings, usually have their beginnings in the dark.”
“[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.”
“There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.”
Source: In Her Day
Source: Poems
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.”
Source: Bingo
“piety is like garlic: a little goes a long way.”
Source: Bingo
“the reason for revolution is so the good things in life circulate.”
“Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.”
Source: In Her Day
“In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life.”
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“many lesbians were so far in the closet they were in danger of being mistaken for garment bags.”
Source: Rubyfruit Jungle
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“I believe every change any word has undergone probably originated in ignorance.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.”
Source: Bingo
“I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.”
Source: Venus Envy