Stories really matter.
We all live our own stories, always seen from our own perspectives. When our stories intersect with the stories we read or hear or watch, we move the pieces around until we make a bit more sense of things. He believes, as I do, that stories are important because they communicate what it means to be brave, good, evil or careless or what it might be like to live in another time, or another skin. The stories are evocative and moving and help you make sense of the world.