Octavia E. Butler Quotes
...I realized that I knew less about loneliness than I had thought - and much less than I would know when he went away.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
-
I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but I'm not a gearhead. I've never been into fixing cars. It's not because I don't like it. I would love to know more. It's just my dad never taught me that stuff because my dad wasn't a mechanic.
-
I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
-
The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
-
I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
-
I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.
-
My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.
-
I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
-
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
-
Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do and then just go for it. I never know what the public's going to like, anyway.
-
The social system grows rigid but the productive forces continue to expand, and conflict ensues between the forces of production and the social conditions of production.
-
You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
-
I know what I've done, and I know who I am.
-
It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
-
For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
-
In case you don't know this, we're not in the '90s anymore. Indie cinema does not reign.
-
The years teach much which the days never know.
-
I think becoming a scientist is the product of parents who gave me enormous opportunities to master nature.
-
Working with kids in Soweto in South Africa, it's rough out there. But the bottom line is you've got to go to know. In Cambodia, there are 10,000 landmines. Same in Afghanistan, same in Colombia. I'm totally addicted to traveling.
-
I use SPF every day, then apply foundation, mascara, eyeliner and blusher. I always take my make-up off at night and moisturize.
-
I live in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg, so I just like to wander around. Williamsburg's such a cool little neighborhood community spot.
-
I've always loved pinup art, and I've always enjoyed drawing women. I think it was a conscious decision that has resulted in me getting almost exclusive work on comics where the main character is female.
-
Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine.
-
...I realized that I knew less about loneliness than I had thought - and much less than I would know when he went away.
