Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler
Octavia Estelle Butlerwas an American science fiction writer. A multiple recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, Butler was one of the best-known women in the field. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship, nicknamed the "Genius Grant."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 June 1947
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
writing novel wanted
Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.
savages fierce get-away
I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
reading writing fiction
I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.
complaining
Margaret Weylin complained because she couldn't find anything to complain about.
fiction way fantasy
And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy.
writing trying fancy
I'm trying to speak--to write-the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.
inspiration forget habit
Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable.
way fiction conditional
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.
mean civilization intelligence
Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation. Civilization, like intelligence, may serve well, serve adequately, or fail to serve its adaptive function. When civilization fails to serve, it must disintegrate unless it is acted upon by unifying internal or external forces.
pain writing order
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.
pay different attention
I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership.
war self people
Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease
crazy trying spirit
He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.
long slavery process
Slavery is a long slow process of dulling.