Octavia's Words
Octavia Butler's words are famous. She is known for paying careful attention to the world around her, meticulously researching scientific ideas, and figuring out how to discern the ways in which people might behave in speculative situations. Butler created rich characters and brought different kinds of people into the world of science fiction who hadn't traditionally been represented, including women and people of color.
Octavia E. Butler was given a typewriter as a gift when she was a child. She used a blue typewriter to write her books. Her actual typewriter is featured by the Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC, as part of their exhibit called Typewriter as Time Machine. Click on the typewriter to see some of Butler's most famous quotes.
