“ Then I reminded myself that all intelligent children suffer bad dreams. ”
If this book has made any point clear, I hope it's that things don't have to be real to be true. Or vice versa.
~ Grant Morrison
If our shallow, self-critical culture sometimes seems to lack a sense of the numinous or spiritual it's only in the same way a fish lacks a sense of the ocean.
I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies.
Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world.