But the purpose of a story is to teach and to please at once, and what it teaches is how to recognize the snares of the world.
Umberto EcoI wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.
Umberto EcoI started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
Umberto EcoA great problem of the internet is how to filter information, how to discard what is not relevant or what is silly and to keep only the important information.
Umberto Eco