We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings.

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.

I was going to be a scientist.

The greatest religions convert the world through stories.

An inner darkness is darker than an outer darkness.

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.