Quotes by : Octavia E. Butler

My brother Keith begged to go with us as usual. He'll turn thirteen in a few days - August 14 - and the....

He rubbed his head again. 'Five years is longer than it sounds. So much longer.

Intelligence is ongoing, individual adaptability. Adaptations that an intelligent species may make in....

Bloodchild" is my pregnant man story.

I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and....

You are hierarchical. That's the older and more entrenched characteristic. We saw it in your closest....

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or....

If you work hard enough at something that doesn’t matter, you can forget for a while about the things....

People do blame you for the things they do to you.