OctaviaButler.net A fan blog for Octavia E. Butler, writer.

A reprint of an interview conducted for a now-defunct journal, called Sojourner.
Possible Futures and the Reading of History
"I thought about doing a memoir, and I tried doing it, and it felt too much like stripping in public so I gave up. Either it would have to be dreadfully dull, or it would have been giving away things that don't altogether belong to me. My novels are the best of me. My novels and short stories are the best I have to offer..."