http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/08/thought-for-the-day-why-write-fiction/ seemingly random thoughts on books & ideas Thu, 17 May 2012 14:12:15 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/08/thought-for-the-day-why-write-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Kevin Wignall Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:50:41 +0000 http://collectedmiscellany.com/2004/08/thought-for-the-day-why-write-fiction/#comment-463 Anyone who fails to understand the human need to read and write fiction, fails to understand what it is to be human. Our entire progress over the last 40,000 years has been based upon our ability to create worlds outside of our own. It's how we measure our lives, and how we expand them beyond what is possible in a single span. Anyone who fails to understand the human need to read and write fiction, fails to understand what it is to be human. Our entire progress over the last 40,000 years has been based upon our ability to create worlds outside of our own. It’s how we measure our lives, and how we expand them beyond what is possible in a single span.

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