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Octavia E. Butler on Writing

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“I thought I was on my way as a writer. In fact, I had five more years of rejection slips and horrible little jobs ahead of me before I sold another word.”

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“If you want a thing — truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it.”
“Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.”
“I write about people who do extraordinary things. It just turned out that it was called science fiction.”
“My writing can be a kind of therapy for me, and I'm sure some of their origins extend well back into my childhood.”
“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”
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