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 ButlerBut my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.
Octavia ButlerWell, 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 ButlerChoose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
Octavia Butler