Weโre happier when the assholes are villains.
Imaginative writers often project their own monsters and meanings on basic facts.
There was no point in doing art if you were going to be second-rate.
Penicillin was as liberating for gay sex as the pill had been for straight sex.
It's often said that writers sometimes need to go around the block a few times to get where they're going.
Stories have the ability to take us inside all kinds of life.