Octavia E. Butler Quotes

I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?'

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ScienceChildrenWomanYouShe

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can.

Joe Mantegna

LifeKnowledgeBestRideYourself

I was a brilliant student. I always try to be the best.

Anibal Cavaco Silva

BestStudentTryBrilliantAlways

Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not. It never works.

Summer Glau

WorldSomeoneYouLyingTryNever

The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a central bank. The Federal Reserve earned its hard-won independence over years of effort.

Robert Zoellick

RelationshipEffortIndependenceOver

All fiction relies on the real world in the sense that we all take in the world through our five senses and we accumulate details, consciously or subconsciously. This accumulation of detail can be drawn on when you write fiction.

Rohinton Mistry

DetailWorldDetailsYouWriteReal

I think a lot of times when people play superheroes, they stick with this, 'I am a superhero,' but the truth is that we're all human, and that human quality is really important to bring.

Molly Quinn

TruthQualityI AmPeopleThink

I think the defining moment in my career is the day that I moved to Nashville - September 1, 2001. That's the biggest step to getting here is making that move. Anything that happens, the wonderful opportunities that happen to you, can't happen until you make that move.

Luke Bryan

MomentDayStepOpportunitiesThink

CNN has given me a platform to share my experiences. My Web site, YouTube Channel and Facebook page have exposed me to thousands of voters who share my concerns. My lack of seniority has not impeded my ability to communicate in any way.

Jason Chaffetz

MePageWayYouTubeAbilityShare

It doesn't do to eat too much before a performance.

Jason Robards

PerformanceToo MuchEatMuchBefore

'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are.

Jon Bellion

ThroughAspirationsLiterallyVery

I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it.

Clay Aiken

BusinessTryingYouKindMeanForce

I am good at down grading - I have found I can live the same lifestyle in a two-bedroom apartment as in a five-bedroom house.

Britt Ekland

GoodLiveI AmHouseDownI Can

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