Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.

One of the jobs of art is to inspire discussion, and Brokeback Mountain certainly has done that. It's like a window and a mirror. You're looking through a window at lives you may or may not have experienced. But it's a mirror in the sense we've all felt lonely; we're all, at one time or another, looking for and hoping for love.

Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.