Supernatural fiction contains its own generic borderland: a neutral territory, which Tzvetan Todorov calls 'the fantastic,' between 'the marvelous' and 'the uncanny.' According to Todorov, 'The fantastic is that hesitation experienced by a person who...
Every morning brings us news of the globe, and yet we are poor in noteworthy stories. This is because no event comes to us without being already shot through with explanation. In other words, by now almost nothing that happens benefits storytelling; ...
We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous impo...
If you are writing a story, miracles or abnormal events may be bad art, or they may not. If, for example, you are writing an ordinary realistic novel and have got your characters into a hopeless muddle, it would be quite intolerable if you suddenly c...
Sometimes during our lives, the Universe ensures that we come back into the silence. If we don’t consciously stop in our busy lives, we may have perceptively negative things happen in our lives, sickness, change, events that force us to stop and be...
What is it about the sea? Is it because it’s there?
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
A bit change for a big impact.
Stick in and do my best.
A fundamental American question is, 'What's the big idea?'
I am a big believer that orderliness begets wealth.
I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.
I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows.
I'm a big fan of zombies, and I have a zombie tattoo on my leg.
And I wouldn't take on such a big thing if I didn't think I could nail it.
Time is the big bang, the original force of the universe.
I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual.
Limits should be placed on how big big banks can become.
I learned there's a big difference between juniors and the pros.
It's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry.
I want six kids. We'll see how it goes, but I want a big family.
