“One thing that fiction does is it allows us to take big picture questions, big issues, big moral and socio-political changes and see how they play out on real people's lives, with real individuals.” PeopleDoeRealPlayBigsPoliticalIndividualFictionMoralIssuesOne ThingBig PicturePolitical Change Author:Ben H. Winters
“Fiction has this special power. It has a power to clarify, to galvanize, to prophesy, and warn.” FictionSpecial Author:Ben H. Winters
“I think that fiction has this special responsibility or this special ability to help people to empathize, to demand of people that they understand other individuals and other people's experiences.” PeopleThinkingHelpingIndividualAbilityFictionResponsibilitySpecialDemand Author:Ben H. Winters
“I think that one thing fiction can offer, and must offer, is a place where someone's mind and their imagination can come to rest for a little while.” ThinkingMindLittlesImaginationFictionOne ThingOffers Author:Ben H. Winters