Rita Mae Brown

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.

Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.

There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.