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Octavia Butler Quotes

If there’s any single talent a writer needs, it’s persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell Picture Quote #1

Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we’re as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned Picture Quote #1

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy Picture Quote #1

I have this theory that anything that happens to you that leaves you alive and intact can be used somewhere in your writing Picture Quote #1

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To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool Picture Quote #1

I think climbing mountains or buildings or whatever has been a really good metaphor for finishing my work. Because no matter how tired you get, no matter how you feel like you can’t possibly do this, somehow you do Picture Quote #1

We’re all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose Picture Quote #1

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. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence Picture Quote #1

I think people really need to think what it’s like to have all of society arrayed against you Picture Quote #1

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 in order to endure Picture Quote #1

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Civilization is the way one’s own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live Picture Quote #1

In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway Picture Quote #1

Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. 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 and learn, helps me to understand people and grow Picture Quote #1

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 of grim fantasy Picture Quote #1

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 was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black Picture Quote #1

Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery Picture Quote #1

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Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because you’re afraid and full of doubts. Positive obsession is dangerous. It’s about not being able to stop at all Picture Quote #1

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If there’s any single talent a writer needs, it’s persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell (Octavia Butler Quotes) Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 Quotes) Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we’re as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned (Octavia Butler Quotes) So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy (Octavia Butler Quotes) I have this theory that anything that happens to you that leaves you alive and intact can be used somewhere in your writing (Octavia Butler Quotes) To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool (Octavia Butler Quotes) I think climbing mountains or buildings or whatever has been a really good metaphor for finishing my work. Because no matter how tired you get, no matter how you feel like you can’t possibly do this, somehow you do (Octavia Butler Quotes) We’re all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence (Octavia Butler Quotes) I think people really need to think what it’s like to have all of society arrayed against you (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 in order to endure (Octavia Butler Quotes) Civilization is the way one’s own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live (Octavia Butler Quotes) In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway (Octavia Butler Quotes) Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. 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 and learn, helps me to understand people and grow (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 of grim fantasy (Octavia Butler Quotes) 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 was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black (Octavia Butler Quotes) Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery (Octavia Butler Quotes) Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because you’re afraid and full of doubts. Positive obsession is dangerous. It’s about not being able to stop at all (Octavia Butler Quotes)

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