“Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces m...” — Octavia E. Butler Quote

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black.

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

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

I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.

I just try to try to keep an attitude that I don't know what I'm doing. Not to the point where I'm beating myself up, but I just go in thinking that I have a lot to learn. And I hope I still have that attitude 30 years from now.

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

I have become limitless and stronger. You don't need that attitude to survive in Bollywood, but when you are doing a film like 'Raaz,' you can't go on set with inhibitions.