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Me Quotes by Octavia Butler
- I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
- 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.
- Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.
- 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…
- 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 in,…
- I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing,
- No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that…
- He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.
- When I meet a woman who attracts me, I prefer women,' she said. 'And when I meet a man who attracts me, I prefer men.'…
- I pecked my stories out two-fingered on the Remington portable typewriter my mother had bought me. I had begged for it when I was ten.
- Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research…
- Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
- 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 I…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale