Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears.

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life

In "Faithful," Ray Bradbury is discussed a lot. The characters read "The Illustrated Man."

I read everything of Ray Bradbury when I was 12 or 13, and I think that's the most effective time to read Bradbury. He built such a moral world, where you have to make decisions and grow up.

I thought you were supposed to be the champion of your people,' I said. I live because I need to do that. For anyone who is left.' Don't you see? No one will be left. Protect them now or there will be no one to protect!' This is a battle that goes on and on. It never ends. You're too young to understand. No! You're too much of a coward to fight.' I was sick of lies and secrets and of battles so old we had to erase who we were to fight back. And still we lost. Still we were tied to posts.

I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks.

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.