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> [Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/most-of-us-don-t-have-to-worry-about-being-shot-of-we-poke-our-noses/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

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## More by Octavia Butler

> [The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/the-thing-about-science-fiction-is-that-it-s-totally-wide-open-but-it/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [Life is getting better, but that won't stop a war if politicians and business people decide it's to their advantage to have one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/life-is-getting-better-but-that-won-t-stop-a-war-if-politicians-and/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/i-talked-to-members-of-my-family-and-did-some-personal-research-that/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/first-forget-inspiration-habit-is-more-dependable-habit-will-sustain/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/belief-initiates-and-guides-action-or-it-does-nothing/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [Ignorance Protects itself, And protected, Ignorance grows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/ignorance-protects-itself-and-protected-ignorance-grows/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/but-my-problem-with-fantasy-and-horror-and-related-genres-is-that/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [“In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/in-order-to-rise-from-its-own-ashes-a-phoenix-first-must-burn/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [I'm a fifty-three-year-old writer who can remember being a ten-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an eighty-year-old writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/i-m-a-fifty-three-year-old-writer-who-can-remember-being-a-ten-year/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/i-m-me-and-i-m-here-and-i-m-writing/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [Most of what I do is science fiction. Some of the things I do are fantasy. I don't like the labels, they're marketing tools,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/most-of-what-i-do-is-science-fiction-some-of-the-things-i-do-are/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/the-only-black-people-you-found-were-occasional-characters-or/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/he-was-like-me-a-kindred-spirit-crazy-enough-to-keep-on-trying/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/to-be-led-by-a-fool-is-to-be-led-by-the-opportunists-who-control-the/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

> [Helpless lust and unreasoning anxiety were just part of growing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/helpless-lust-and-unreasoning-anxiety-were-just-part-of-growing-up/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

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