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Octavia Butler Quotes

Helpless lust and unreasoning anxiety were just part of growing up Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave Picture Quote #1

Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status Picture Quote #1

I’m literate, and the idea of leaving children illiterate is criminal Picture Quote #1

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing Picture Quote #1

I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership Picture Quote #1

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That which could hunger, could starve Picture Quote #1

The only lasting truth is change. God is change Picture Quote #1

Slavery is a long slow process of dulling Picture Quote #1

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell Picture Quote #1

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to Picture Quote #1

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 it Picture Quote #1

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Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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. I wanted to play around with that Picture Quote #1

No... a novel is a long business. I’m a slow writer, even when I’m doing very well I write slowly Picture Quote #1

No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we’ll do what we’ve always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities Picture Quote #1

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 possibility Picture Quote #1

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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 kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people Picture Quote #1

I have a huge and savage conscience that won’t let me get away with things Picture Quote #1

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 stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice Picture Quote #1

A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you’re communicating what you think you’re communicating. It’s so easy as a young writer to think you’re been very clear when in fact you haven’t Picture Quote #1

The thing about science fiction is that it’s totally wide open. But it’s wide open in a conditional way Picture Quote #1

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere Picture Quote #1

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 I would take that interest Picture Quote #1

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 you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining Picture Quote #1

I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time Picture Quote #1

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 to first learn what you’re writing about Picture Quote #1

Religion is a dangerous prod, because it can always be misused and get out of hand, but it’s useful for keeping people on the straight and narrow Picture Quote #1

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Helpless lust and unreasoning anxiety were just part of growing up (Octavia Butler Quotes) Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave (Octavia Butler Quotes) Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status (Octavia Butler Quotes) I’m literate, and the idea of leaving children illiterate is criminal (Octavia Butler Quotes) When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing (Octavia Butler Quotes) I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership (Octavia Butler Quotes) That which could hunger, could starve (Octavia Butler Quotes) The only lasting truth is change. God is change (Octavia Butler Quotes) Slavery is a long slow process of dulling (Octavia Butler Quotes) I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell (Octavia Butler Quotes) Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 it (Octavia Butler Quotes) Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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. I wanted to play around with that (Octavia Butler Quotes) No... a novel is a long business. I’m a slow writer, even when I’m doing very well I write slowly (Octavia Butler Quotes) No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we’ll do what we’ve always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 possibility (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people (Octavia Butler Quotes) I have a huge and savage conscience that won’t let me get away with things (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice (Octavia Butler Quotes) A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you’re communicating what you think you’re communicating. It’s so easy as a young writer to think you’re been very clear when in fact you haven’t (Octavia Butler Quotes) The thing about science fiction is that it’s totally wide open. But it’s wide open in a conditional way (Octavia Butler Quotes) Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over (Octavia Butler Quotes) Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 I would take that interest (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining (Octavia Butler Quotes) I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 to first learn what you’re writing about (Octavia Butler Quotes) Religion is a dangerous prod, because it can always be misused and get out of hand, but it’s useful for keeping people on the straight and narrow (Octavia Butler Quotes)

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