People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before I finished my first novel. It's amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.


Bloodchild and Other Stories (ed. Seven Stories Press, 2011) - ISBN: 9781583228036

Octavia Butler Quotes

People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I ...

People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I ...

People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I ...

People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I ...