"Science fiction let me do both. It let……" — Octavia Butler
"Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere."
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100 Quotes by Octavia Butler
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I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.
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And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write…
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Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of…
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And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science…
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But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.
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I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.
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I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
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I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.
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I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that.
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People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling…
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The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.
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Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is…
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
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