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I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.

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I pecked my stories out two-fingered on the Remington portable typewriter my mother had bought me. I had begged for it when I was ten.

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I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?'

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My characters hope for better lives.

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I'm very happy alone.

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We are a naturally hierarchical species.

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Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

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Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.

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Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.

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Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: June 22nd, 1947

Died: February 24th, 2006

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