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Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000.
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If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
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People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.
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Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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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.
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While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, Man, And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
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Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.
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What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.
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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
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Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.
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I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
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Self-pity is the simplest luxury.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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Don't hope more than you're willing to work.
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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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If you don't like my book, write your own.
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Seriousness is the refuge of the shallow. There are events and personal experiences that call forth seriousness but they are fewer than most of us think.
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I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.
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You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.
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