Brigid Brophy

“I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.”

“Manners are for those who have neither beauty or talent but want people to like them despite their lack of attractions”

“In a sense, the first (if not necessarily the prime) function of a novelist, of ANY artist, is to entertain. If the poem, painting, play or novel does not immediately engage one's surface interest then it has failed. Whatever else it may or may not be, art is also entertainment. Bad art fails to entertain. Good art does something in addition.”