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Octavia E. Butler Quotes

I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Courage Vision People Think Stronger

Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it's too late.

Change Challenge Environmental Late

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

Love Love Is You Betrayal Whatever

I wrote a lot of fiction, but it was just college stuff. It seems to me you have to be so confident in yourself to become a writer.

Yourself College Me Confident You

Some people, like myself, rock colored contacts, crazy hair, and black all year round.

Myself People Crazy Hair Black Year

Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.

Believe Tax Now Office Democratic

Asking the director of 'The Lord of the Rings' to read my novel was exactly as terrifying as you'd think. I came this close to not doing it because I was so embarrassed. But he was so gracious about it.

Think Doing You Director Asking

I'm a son of immigrants. I'm not going to reduce my commitment to immigration. But can I empathize with the fact that if your town was 95 percent all white and now it's down to 60, that that can scare you? Can I empathize with that? Yeah.

Anand Giridharadas

Son Commitment Immigration You Down

Fans will come if you have a good product.

Good You Product Will Fans Come

I became interested in making books, starting about 1965, when I did the Serial Project #1, deciding that I needed a small book to show how the work could be understood and how the system worked.

Work Small Book Project Starting

By the time I received my doctorate in American studies in 1957, I was in the twisted grip of a disease of our times in which the sufferer experiences an overwhelming urge to join the 'real world.' So I started working for newspapers.

Time World American Real Started

The way that one feels about the story line of 'Deterrence' can tell us, I believe, about each person's conservatism or liberalism and precisely how tolerant he or she is of racism.

Racism Believe Story Person Way She

I won't cook in deep fat. Years ago, I met a fireman who said most kitchen fires were caused by deep fat, and I don't think that's changed. Oven chips are good enough for my grandchildren, and they're chuffed with that.

Good Kitchen Deep Think Fat Enough

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