Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.

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Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

The greatest religions convert the world through stories.

The greatest religions convert the world through stories.

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of...

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.

If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it...

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it...

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends'...

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends'...

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our...

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our...

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our...

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our...

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

Literature doesn't have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is...

Literature doesn't have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is...

We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too...

We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too...

I was going to be a scientist.

I was going to be a scientist.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the...

The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the...