Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brownis an American writer, activist, and feminist. She is best known for her first novel Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown is also a mystery writer and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 November 1944
CountryUnited States of America
gay lgbt-pride government
No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love
ignorance army males
Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.
country art sorry
I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist; it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.
social monogamy greater
Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
writing want next
If critics want to help me, let them come sit next to me while I'm writing.
art pain chaos
A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just as there is no art without submitting to chaos.
writing past ice
The last thing I have to say is that ice is the past tense of water. I've always wanted to write that sentence and now I have.
self parent underestimate
Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.
people lines chaos
There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos...
thinking deeds-done tragedy
I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in some manner) but rather that tragedy is irresolvable conflict.
order confusion survivor
When the corpses are cleared no new order will emerge. Power, society, relationships, will descend in all their confusion on a new generation. The old, who started this conflagration, will retreat, worn out, the survivors and the young will continue the dance.
sex couple mistake
sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about the connection. Sex is how we pass down worldly goods. It's how we create the primary unit of our society, the couple. ... This rule applies to gay people as well as straight people. ... The community absolutely must know who is straight, who is gay, who is married, and who is single. Without that information we make painful mistakes and lose time.
white sexuality chapel
If Michaelangelo were a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.
bags sexuality danger
many lesbians were so far in the closet they were in danger of being mistaken for garment bags.