Octavia E. Butler Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Octavia E. Butler quotes and sayings page 2 (writer). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 51 we have.
“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 had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.”
“A 10-pound sack of potatoes lasts a long time.”
“I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.”
“Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.”
“Most vampires I have discovered are men for some reason. I guess it's because of Dracula; people are kind of feeding off that.”
“Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.”
“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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