Octavia E. Butler Quotes

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WriteNovelsThemWroteHad

The sad fact is that actual artistic oppression - book banning in its many modern forms - is a matter of course in the entertainment industry, especially when the underlying product is declared politically incorrect or runs contrary to the interests of Hollywood's political altar, the Democratic Party.

Andrew Breitbart

SadBookPoliticalPartyHollywood

I like the nexus of Bollywood and Hollywood. I'm actually shocked that there isn't more of a meld between our two industries.

Rob Lowe

HollywoodMoreTwoLikeBetweenOur

The more I get to do this character, the more I realize that she's not just annoying. It's that her strength is not interacting with people socially. She just doesn't have time because she has so much going on in her brain.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

StrengthCharacterTimePeopleBrain

I think a director can make a play happen before your eyes so that you are part of it and it is part of you. If you can get it right, there's no mystery. It's not about mystery. It's not even mysterious. It's about our lives.

Mike Nichols

EyesThinkMysteryYouPlayRight

My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.

Martin Parr

FatherDownObservationGenesPassed

Faith idles when character shrivels.

Miroslav Volf

CharacterFaith

You could knock my teeth out and break my nose, and there'd be something funny about it to me.

Chevy Chase

FunnyMeYouTeethOutBreak

The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful.

Craig Ferguson

MeUpsetJustIdeaAwfulHaving

A good decision executed quickly is better than a great one never executed.

Brandon Webb

GoodGreatDecisionBetterNever

I love the process of discovering a new world - that's why I'm passionate about acting. It's just discovering life, feelings, ideas and thought.

Alice Braga

LifeLoveIdeasWorldThoughtNew

Any patient who has a serious illness requiring multiple doctors understands the frustration of lost medical charts, repeated procedures, or having to share the same information over and over with different doctors and nurses.

Sheldon Whitehouse

MedicalFrustrationInformationLost

I'm naturally androgynous. I don't wear makeup or skirts.

Shamir

MakeupWearSkirtsNaturally

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