We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay.

Love will make a way out of no way

The only reason we find structure in stories is because it's there naturally in human interaction, and in the way that people tell stories.

When you start to think of the arts as not this thing that is going to get you somewhere in terms of becoming an artist or becoming famous or whatever it is that people do, but rather a way of making being in the world not just bearable, but fascinating, then it starts to get interesting again.

what is an imaginary friend? are there also imaginary enemies?

I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.

Part of a horror movie has to be a bit fakey for me to really enjoy it. The new ones are so realistic that they distract me from the ride through the horror.