Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.
No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much.
Story is about eternal, universal forms, not formulas.
Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.
Stories are how we remember; we tend to forget lists and bullet points.
The students realize that it's their life I'm talking about: it's out of balance, they're struggling to put it into balance. How are they going to do it?