Life is getting better, but that won't stop a war if politicians and business people decide it's to their advantage to have… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Most of what I do is science fiction. Some of the things I do are fantasy. I don't like the labels, they're… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
It's when people begin using their religion as just a way of getting power over other people that scares me. I'm afraid… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what we've always done and there will still… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Religion is a dangerous prod, because it can always be misused and get out of hand, but it's useful for keeping people… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
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. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
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… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
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… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
“In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina” — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
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. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
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,… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
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… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
