Octavia Butler Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.”

“While Fledging is a different type of book, The Parable series serve as cautionary tales. I wrote the Parable books because of the direction of the country. You can call it save the world fiction, but it clearly doesn't save anything.”

“But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.”