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The speaker is saying that writing was a long-held personal goal, and that she felt a strong obligation to keep writing the novels she had in mind. The quote presents writing as both a desire and a responsibility to herself.
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About Octavia E. Butler
American science fiction and speculative fiction author
Octavia E. Butler was an American science fiction and speculative fiction author. She won the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards, and in 1995 became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Her work helped define modern speculative fiction, and she is especially known for writing that brought discipline and force to the genre. The record here shows 113 quotes from her.
More from Octavia E. Butler (113 quotes) →More quotes by Octavia E. Butler
- “When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker span…”Octavia E. Butler
- “Listen, no part of me is more definitive of who I am than my brain.”Octavia E. Butler
- “Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and…”Octavia E. Butler
- “I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have h…”Octavia E. Butler
Writing: more sayings
- “Honesty is easier when you have no face and no real name. And honesty, for me, is very easy on paper.”Katherine Reay
- “It's my theory that many writers were the confidantes of one or the other parent. I was my mother's confidant…”Jayne Anne Phillips
- “People often ask me why my style is so simple. It is, in fact, deceptively simple, for no two sentences are a…”Ruskin Bond
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Books by Octavia E. Butler
Kindred
1979
Fledgling
2005
Parable of the Sower
1993
Parable of the Talents
1998
Adulthood Rites
1988