Octavia E. Butler Quotes

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.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ScienceMeWritingStopFiction

You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

John Chafee

YouHouseDoneNeedGoingGet

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

John James Audubon

MyselfMeDeepestNobleRetireSome

This rise of the new global mega-rich is happening as established institutions are falling. The fall runs the gamut from the music business and traditional media to the Detroit automakers who find themselves obsolete, outmaneuvered, and out-priced by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Mumbai, Shanghai, and even Siberia.

Robert Kiyosaki

BusinessMusicMediaFallFindRise

My mother was a Mohawk, born and raised on a reservation, and when I was a kid, she would take me there to visit her relatives.

Robbie Robertson

MotherMeBornSheKidRelatives

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.

Robert Wyatt

MusicPeopleMusiciansPlayNice

There's no way I could look like this without them.

Ruth Warrick

LookWayWithoutLikeThemCould

Coming from a programming background, I have a good sense of what's feasible and what's not feasible in a game.

Masi Oka

GoodGameProgrammingComingSense

To be scrupulously honest, I only met Noel Coward twice in my life, and then briefly, but I heard so much about him at home when I was growing up that I always felt I knew him well.

Michael Korda

LifeHomeGrowing UpMy LifeGrowing

I like being part of the Great Britain setup. I like feeling I'm at a race that is important and the pressure that goes with it.

Lizzie Armitstead

GreatPressureFeelingImportant

I had good legs, and I loved showing them off.

Diane von Furstenberg

GoodLovedLegsOffThemHad

I'm not going to worry about proving people wrong. My goal isn't to prove people wrong. You can't worry about what other people say.

Draymond Green

PeopleWorryYouGoalWrongSay

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

Constance Baker Motley

DaySchoolTeenMeHomeworkHouse

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