I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time. – 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
No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, well do what weve always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities. – Octavia Butler
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