A Tree Cannot Grow In Its Parents'

And By The Way, I Wanted To Point Out That Kindred Is Not Science Fiction. You'll Note There's No Science In It. It's A Kind Of Grim Fantasy.

Science Fiction Let Me Do Both. It Let Me Look Into Science And Stick My Nose In Everywhere.

I Wasn't Trying To Work Out My Own Ancestry. I Was Trying To Get People To Feel Slavery. I Was Trying To Get Across The Kind Of Emotional And Psychological Stones That Slavery Threw At People.

Forget Inspiration. Habit Is More Dependable.

Writing Is One Of The Few Professions In Which You Can Psychoanalyse Yourself, Get Rid Of Hostilities And Frustrations In Public, And Get Paid For It.