15+ Octavia E. Butler Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Octavia E. Butler quotes and sayings.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early. — Octavia E. Butler

People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me. — Octavia E. Butler

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that. — Octavia E. Butler

Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you. — Octavia E. Butler

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. — Octavia E. Butler

Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere. — Octavia E. Butler

But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical. — Octavia E. Butler

I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership. — Octavia E. Butler

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly. — Octavia E. Butler

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change. — Octavia E. Butler

I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things. — Octavia E. Butler

The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia E. Butler

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. — Octavia E. Butler

I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time. — Octavia E. Butler

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell. — Octavia E. Butler