Octavia Butler

No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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

— Octavia Butler

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On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move around each other. I wanted to play around with that. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you. ↗

— 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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So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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