"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 Butler
Topic(s):
Science
More From Octavia Butler
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
More In Science
- "I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting."― Donald Norman
- "Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth."― E. T. Bell
- "I’d love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction."― J. J. Abrams