Octavia E. Butler Quotes
The major tragedies in life, there's just no compensation. But the minor ones you can always write about. It's my way of dealing, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than psychiatrists. The story, you see, will get you through.
Octavia E. Butler
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Victoria Aveyard
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Brian Stokes Mitchell
If I look like a six-pack replete warrior in 'Tanu Weds Manu,' viewers are not going accept me.
R. Madhavan
People ask me if I have comedy writers, and I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?'
Ana Navarro
The major tragedies in life, there's just no compensation. But the minor ones you can always write about. It's my way of dealing, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than psychiatrists. The story, you see, will get you through.
Octavia E. Butler
