162 Quotes by Octavia Butler

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.

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.

But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.

I have the kind of mind that demands that I work things out, to see how they would really work if they were real. I have to be able to do that.

Dad decided not to vote for Donner after all. He didn't vote for anyone. He said politicians turned his stomach.

A victim of God may, Through learning adaption, Become a partner of God, A victim of God may, Through forethought and planning, Become a shaper of God. Or a victim of God may, Through shortsightedness and fear, Remain God's victim, God's plaything, God's prey.

I lost an arm on my last trip home.

A tree Cannot grow In its parents' shadows.

There's no narcotic like exhaustion.