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What Im working on now - Im back to fantasy, although considering

What Im working on now – Im back to fantasy, although considering that its me, Im turning it into a kind of science fantasy. Its a vampire story – but my vampires are biological vampires. They didnt become vampires because someone bit them they were born that way. – Octavia Butler

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Fantasy is totally wide open all you really have to do is follow the rules youve set. But if youre writing about science, you have to first learn what youre writing about. – Octavia Butler

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Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadnt had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish. – 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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