Octavia E. Butler Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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Octavia E. Butler quotes and sayings page 2 (writer). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 51 we have.

Octavia E. Butler Quotes
“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 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 Quotes
“A 10-pound sack of potatoes lasts a long time.”
Octavia E. Butler Quotes
“I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.”
Octavia E. Butler Quotes
“Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.”
Octavia E. Butler Quotes
“Most vampires I have discovered are men for some reason. I guess it's because of Dracula; people are kind of feeding off that.”
Octavia E. Butler Quotes
“Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.”
Octavia E. Butler Quotes
“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 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?'”
“The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black character is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least about race.”

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