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Octavia Butler

" You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. "

Thinking , Persistence

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" 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. "

People , Right

" You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. "

Thinking , Persistence

" 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. "

Running , Past , Hurt , Help

" Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere. "

Science , Fiction

" So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy. "

Science , First , Interest , Fantasy , Fiction , Astronomy

" Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. "

People , Silence , Art , Time , Destiny

" The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. "

Science , Open , Fiction

" Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day. "

People , Work , Day

" 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. "

People , Work , Day

" What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way. "

Now , Science , Fantasy

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

Business , Writer

" Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it. "

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