Top 50 Quotes by Octavia E. Butler

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

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.

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

A 10-pound sack of potatoes lasts a long time.

Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.

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

We are a naturally hierarchical species.