Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Quote by Rita Mae Brown

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

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

What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and...

What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and...

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from...

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from...

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

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

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

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

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for...

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for...

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I...

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I...

Writers will happen in the best of families

Writers will happen in the best of families

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must...

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must...

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment...

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment...

This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You...

This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You...

I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of...

I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of...

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you...

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you...

Television should be kept in its proper place-beside us, before us, but never between us...

Television should be kept in its proper place-beside us, before us, but never between us...