Octavia E. 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 E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006

Topics

BusinessSlowDoingLongWriteWell

One of the hardest things I've encountered whilst working on 'Pippin' is the consistent irony, as a reflection from the core material of the show, within my own life.

Matthew James Thomas

LifeReflectionMy OwnIronyWithin

The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.

John Tesh

DreamsBusinessSimplePeopleWorld

I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour.

Amy Adams

LoveApologyDivaNotesSendMany

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.

Steve Jobs

LifeRespectGreatImprovementYou

A lot of time you write out of some unconscious place. I try to trust what is coming and where it wants to take me.

Sue Monk Kidd

TimeTrustMeYouPlaceTry

I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on improving.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

AgeWinWorldGameThinkYoung

You're not a nutcase if you want to go see a psychiatrist.

Mike Wallace

YouGoWantSeePsychiatrist

I think in any industry, it is competitive. There are a certain number of slots out there and opportunities out there. So you need to make sure that you're always on the top of your toes, trying to get better.

Dominique Dawes

OpportunitiesThinkBetterYouTop

When you work with web design companies in San Francisco, you end up with a bunch of twenty-somethings who have their own cultural peculiarities, including obscurity for its own sake. You give those guys a website for a banking institution and they screw it up, because they are designing for themselves.

Brenda Laurel

WorkEndDesignYouWebsiteOwn

If blockchain technologies ignore the eventuality of standards, we are going to see less adoption. Maybe we should think of the blockchain as a public-good utility and encourage an evolution that is not unlike the Internet's in terms of openness and neutrality of access.

William Mougayar

ThinkInternetIgnoreEvolutionSee

I've been dancing forever; since I remember, that's what I've been doing.

Tyler James Williams

DoingRememberDancingForeverBeen

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Thomas Paine

DayPeaceChildTroubleMayMust

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