Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of lesbians within feminist groups. Brown received the Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement at the...
Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.
Sometimes you have to steer away from the crowd in order to be a better person.
—Simone Elkeles in Leaving Paradise