Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

“Q: You are at the height of a very fruitful career. You’ve already had a huge influence on many writers and readers. What do you hope your legacy will be? LE GUIN: Irreverence toward undeserved authority, and passionate respect for the power of the word.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

“That, as of old, was the writer's job, maybe his primary job. To show us the futures we didn't want, and the futures we could have if we wanted. The key line in the speech for me, was the one about, "We live in captialism, its power seems inescapable--but then, so did the divine right of kings." We can change out lives.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

“Interviewer:

Are you following the Me Too movement, as women assert themselves on social media after years of harassment?

Ursula Le Guin (age 88):

I don't follow things on social media and I don't have very much faith in their endurance. Everybody explodes, gets it out of their systems, and then they left it drop again.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations