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Octavia Butler

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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Octavia Butler means that her drive to write was self-motivated and not influenced by others. She also felt that her choice to write science fiction came naturally from her personal interests rather than external direction.

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