All Octavia Butler Quotes
- I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early. Baptist
- And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses.… Clean
- Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus,… Alive
- And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind… Fantasy
- But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical. Fantasy
- I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time. Began
- I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things. Conscience
- I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell. Inspirational
- I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that. Attention
- People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me. Bother
- Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere. Both
- The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. Conditional
- Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get… Actually Get
- What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's… Become Vampires
- Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for… Few
- Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have… All
- I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem… Able
- I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the… Across
- On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move around each other.… Behaved
- You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.… Better
- Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live. Civilization
- Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help… Alone
- I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through… Black
- People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit… Amazing
- The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their families and themselves; and to… Benefit
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