Quote by Octavia Butler
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There

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 its all over. – Octavia Butler

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And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. Youll note theres no science in it. Its a kind of grim fantasy. – Octavia Butler

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

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What Im working on now – Im back to fantasy, although considering that its me, Im turning it into a kind of science fantasy. Its a vampire story – but my vampires are biological vampires. They didnt become vampires because someone bit them they were born that way. – Octavia Butler

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The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality. – T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent, 1919

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Every child is an artist, with imagination and the artistic instinct. Life stamps these out… – Percy Mackaye, 1915 lecture

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