I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early. Octavia Butler baptistconscienceearly Change image and share on social
Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish. Octavia Butler alivecommitcompanionship share on social
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 fictionguideinterest Change image and share on social
No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly. Octavia Butler businesslongslow Change image and share on social
Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you. Octavia Butler comedaddygrow Change image and share on social
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. Octavia Butler backbearbiological share on social
I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that. Octavia Butler attentiongoodscientist Change image and share on social
I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black. Octavia Butler blackdifficultexperience share on social
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 Butler novelwantwrite Change image and share on social
Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to. Octavia Butler anthropologyastronomyfun Change image and share on social
