I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure. — Octavia E. Butler
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Octavia E. Butler : American Writer
Born: June 22, 1947
Died: February 24, 2006
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me….
Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, th…
I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted peo…
I wanted to write at school – to write funny stories which t…
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue o…
I don’t write literary fiction – I write books that are ente…
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me….
Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, th…
I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted peo…
I wanted to write at school – to write funny stories which t…
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue o…
I don’t write literary fiction – I write books that are ente…
I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about hom…
I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to wh…
I’ve actually always wanted to write like a one-person show …
I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if…
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. Ray …
I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy sin…
When I decided that I wanted to go to college, I wanted to b…
I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famou…
I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I r…
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a …
I wanted to write a song about war and that classic ‘We want…
I always thought that if I wanted to do a family, I wanted t…
I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit sc…
Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be g…
