Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Rita Mae Brown
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Life is too short to be miserable.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
Morals are private. Decency is public.
About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
Normal is the average of deviance.
Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
Humor comes from self-confidence.
Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.
Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.
Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
Political elections are not life and death.
Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.
Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.
I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.
I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
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.
I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like.
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.
We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?
I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.
Writers will happen in the best of families.
Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
I have no idea what will come next in my writing life or life in general. I like not knowing, but I know what I want. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I'll give it my best try.
Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.
Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.
You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
