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Octavia E. Butler was an American science fiction writer known for her profound racial, gender, and social commentary. Her works covered a wide range of themes, including race, class, gender, and the human future. Butler's writing style was unique, often exploring human identity and the place of humans in the universe.

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“It's when people begin using their religion as just a way of getting power over other people that scares me. I'm afraid that's what's going on in a lot of cases right now. When people deliberately tell lies, Creationism for instance, and pretend, "Oh, it's not really religion." I mean they know they're lying, and yet they're the religious people. There's something wrong there.”

People Knows Way Mean Lying Religious Cases Right Now Instance Scare Creationism Power Over Others

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“And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy.”

Way Kind Wanted Fiction Fantasy Science Fiction Notes Grim Kindred

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

Way Fiction Science Fiction Wide Conditional

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“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.”

Way Kind Stories Bits Born Fantasy Vampire Considering Ghouls I'm Back

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“On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move around each other. I wanted to play around with that.”

People Way Inspirational Humans Play Hands Wanted Moving Dance Keep Moving Forward

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“Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.”

People Way Civilization Foreigners Savagery

Book:Seed to Harvest: Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Clay's Ark, and Patternmaster

Source: Seed to Harvest: Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Clay's Ark, and Patternmaster

“A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a young writer to think you're been very clear when in fact you haven't.”

Thinking Way Facts Young Easy Audience Clear Havens Communicate Workshops Young Writers

Author:Octavia Butler

About the Author

Born: June 22, 1947
Died: February 24, 2006
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 115

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