I think that one thing fiction can offer, and must offer, is a place where someone's mind and their imagination can come to rest for a little while.
Ben H. WintersThe election of Donald Trump is, to me, this very clownish personality with no political experience, who had literally been using fascist slogans in his campaign. It had seemed so impossible. Even after he was elected, and even now, it still feels impossible. It felt like we had fallen into this wormhole of history.
Ben H. WintersIn terms of optimism, I am optimistic. I do think that, in the long term, that America will right itself. I have to think so.
Ben H. WintersIt is part of what makes America great. That tradition of the free press, and also the tradition of this highly competitive market for investigative journalism. We're seeing, there's no question, that we're seeing a renaissance of that.
Ben H. WintersIt is really something, the extent to which we allow ourselves to live without thinking of things that we know, in the abstract, are bad, and are going on right now, somewhere far away. We think, "Well, what are you gonna do?" In a way, that little instinct, that "What are you gonna do?" is the most dangerous thing in the world.
Ben H. Winters