Top 50 Quotes by Octavia E. Butler

About Octavia E. Butler

These are some quotes by American author Octavia E. Butler Writer, who lived between June 22, 1947 and February 24, 2006.

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

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

In countries where there are no racial differences or no religious differences, people find other reasons to set aside one certain group of people and generally spit in their direction.

In countries where there are no racial differences or no religious differences, people find other reasons to set aside one certain group of people and generally spit in their direction.

Octavia E. Butler

Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.

Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.

Octavia E. Butler

When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time - the eyes of an unhappy animal, all alone, locked in a bare, concrete-floored, iron-barred cage in one of the nastier, old-fashioned zoos. I remember looking at the chimp, then looking away.

Octavia E. Butler

I don't write about good and evil with this enormous dichotomy. I write about people. I write about people doing the kinds of things that people do.

I don't write about good and evil with this enormous dichotomy. I write about people. I write about people doing the kinds of things that people do.

Octavia E. Butler

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

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

I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking.

I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking.

Octavia E. Butler

Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is.

Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is.

Octavia E. Butler

Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.

Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.

Octavia E. Butler

If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for?

If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for?

Octavia E. Butler

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