Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler
Octavia Estelle Butlerwas an American science fiction writer. A multiple recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, Butler was one of the best-known women in the field. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship, nicknamed the "Genius Grant."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 June 1947
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Octavia Butler quotes about
books call cautionary clearly direction save series serve type wrote
While Fledging is a different type of book, The Parable series serve as cautionary tales. I wrote the Parable books because of the direction of the country. You can call it save the world fiction, but it clearly doesn't save anything.
friendship letting-go art
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.
phoenix order firsts
In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.
rage choke
When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.
truth-is lasting change-god
The only lasting truth is change. God is change.
bullying joining-in laughing
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.
loneliness i-realized knows
...I realized that I knew less about loneliness than I had thought - and much less than I would know when he went away.
writing stories
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
narcotics exhaustion
There's no narcotic like exhaustion.
persistence talent bigs
The big talent is persistence.
ghouls vampire stories
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 a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way.
fun writing research
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.
savages fierce get-away
I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
tree parent shadow
A tree Cannot grow In its parents' shadows.