In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

只有首先看到事情的可能性，才会有发生的机会。

作家的任务是使熟悉的事物变得陌生，使陌生的事物变得熟悉。

"The power of storytelling is that it can change the world, one heart at a time."

真相往往比小说更令人惊讶。