But People Do Things To

What Good's A Captive Without Her Captor?

Use Your Imagination Only On The Future, Never On The Present Or The Past.

Imagine A World In Which No Writer Has Written A Literary Novel In Sixty Years. Imagine A Place Where Not A Single Person Has Read A Book That Is Truly About The Character At Its Center.

I Know It Really Sounds Cheesy, But I Did Feel A Duty To Try To Tell The Stories Of People Who Couldn't Speak For Themselves.

For An Entire Populace, Change, Growth, And Spontaneity Were Dangerous. Acting Upon A Personal Desire, Whispering A Hidden Longing, Revealing Your True Feelings - All The Human Actions We Think Of As Essential To A Character - Had Be Censored By The Self Lest They Be Punished By The State.