"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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- "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."
- "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."
- "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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