Reminiscence …

… My Last Conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin | Literary Hub. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

Le Guin did not set out to write science fiction or create fantasy worlds. She simply did it because the forms did not restrict what was possible. “I wrote within the genre because I sold within the genre, but I also wrote what I wanted to write. I think I actually by writing in the genre I was freer than other writers who tried to be successful in the mainstream.”