I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.

I just wanted to paint and sketch and tell stories by drawing.

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.

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.