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The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
Autobiographer
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Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
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I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.
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I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.
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Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.
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To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
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The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.
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Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
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Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.
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I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.
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Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.
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So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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Never hope for it more than you work for it.
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England is an aquarium, not a nation.
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I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.
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People are like tea bags you never know how strong they'll be until they're in hot water. In times of trouble, you not only discover what you truly believe but whether or not you can act on your beliefs.
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