Quote by Octavia Butler
No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really

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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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 its all over. – Octavia Butler

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The thing about science fiction is that its totally wide open. But its wide open in a conditional way. – Octavia Butler

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I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time. – Octavia Butler

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Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. – David Brin

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As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bushs blatant disregard for science. – Louise Slaughter

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