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I was attracted to science fic...

I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.

Octavia E. Butler 60 quotes

No one was going to stop me fr...

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 E. Butler 60 quotes

Fantasy is totally wide open a...

Fantasy is totally wide open all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have to first learn what you're writing about.

Octavia E. Butler 60 quotes

The thing about science fictio...

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

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Science fiction let me do both...

Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.

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What I'm working on now - I'm ...

What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them they were born that way.

Octavia E. Butler 60 quotes

And by the way, I wanted to po...

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.

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Religion kept some of my relat...

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.

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Sometimes being a friend means...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

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Once you grow past Mommy and D...

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.

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The big talent is persistence....

The big talent is persistence.

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Every story I create, creates ...

Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.

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A workshop is a way of renting...

A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a young writer to think you're been very clear when in fact you haven't.

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Slavery is a long slow process...

Slavery is a long slow process of dulling.

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Belief initiates and guides ac...

Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing.

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I think people really need to ...

I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you,

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I recognize we will pay more a...

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

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Here I was into astronomy, and...

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.

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Listen, no part of me is more ...

Listen, no part of me is more definitive of who I am than my brain.

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You are hierarchical. That's t...

You are hierarchical. That's the older and more entrenched characteristic. We saw it in your closest animal relatives and in your most distant ones. It's a terrestrial characteristic. When human intelligence served it instead of guiding it, when human intelligence did not even acknowledge it as a problem, but took pride in it or did not notice it at all... That was like ignoring cancer.

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