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.

Quote by Octavia Butler

Topics: Frustration Quotes, Writing Quotes

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology....

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology....

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short...

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short...

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to...

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to...

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's...

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's...

I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able...

I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able...

A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what...

A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what...

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing...

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing...

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid...

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid...

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very...

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very...

I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people...

I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people...

Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or...

Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or...

What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me,...

What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me,...

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really...

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really...

Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses...

Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses...

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they...

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they...

But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems...

But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems...

No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what...

No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what...

And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one,...

And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one,...

I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.

I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.