But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical. — Octavia E. Butler
Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you’ve set. — Octavia E. Butler
Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. — Octavia E. Butler
I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time. — Octavia E. Butler
I was raised baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early. — Octavia E. Butler
I would never have been a good scientist – my attention span was too short for that. — Octavia E. Butler
No… a novel is a long business. I’m a slow writer, even when I’m doing very well I write slowly. — Octavia E. Butler
Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere. — Octavia E. Butler
The thing about science fiction is that it’s totally wide open. But it’s wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia E. Butler
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 E. Butler