Octavia E. Butler Quotes

I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingWorldChanceThinkPlay

In space-flight terms, six landings on the moon back in the Sixties and Seventies doesn't mean much.

Jim Lovell

MoonBackMeanSixtiesSeventies

I don't think I suffer from Trump derangement syndrome in a sense that I can separate the man from the White House.

Meghan McCain

ManThinkHouseWhiteI CanSuffer

I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.

Smokey Robinson

PeopleMotownLeftBecauseWhoWere

Sachin Tendulkar definitely is a legend, but I had a crush on Anil Kumble - what a personality he had. I also liked Ajay Jadeja.

Shilpa Shinde

PersonalityLegendCrushHeLiked

I need to make the characters that I play in movies more accessible to audiences, more real. As an actor, you're always passive; you're not making that many choices, so when something allows you to open up a bit, you want to explore your newfound freedom.

Shu Qi

FreedomChoicesYouPlayMovies

I never think too hard about a look. When you consider an outfit too much, that's when it goes wrong.

Rita Ora

ThinkYouLookOutfitToo MuchHard

I always loved the 'L.A. Weekly.' I totally looked up to it when Weezer was starting out, and I always wanted to be in it, and they always totally ignored us!

Rivers Cuomo

LovedAlwaysStartingOutUpWeekly

If you don't have the time or money to get to the gym, work out at home. It saves tons of time and makes life more efficient.

Mary Helen Bowers

LifeWorkHomeTimeMoneyYou

You enter strong and you exit strong, and you're going to be OK.

Chris Farley

StrongYouExitGoingOKEnter

After college, I went to Alley Theatre in Houston to work in their apprentice actor program. I thought I was gonna get discovered. It didn't happen. I moved back to Germantown, Tennessee, outside of Memphis, and taught at my old high school.

Chris Parnell

WorkSchoolCollegeTheatreThought

The Republicans are running wild with our tax dollars and it's been a mistake to let this administration continue a policy of incompetence when it comes to Iraq.

Sherrod Brown

MistakeTaxWildPolicyIncompetence

I'd been to a number of war zones before in my life, but I had never been in one as terrifying as Chechnya.

Scott Anderson

LifeWarMy LifeNeverBeenNumber

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