Having To Struggle Gave Me

I've Taught Sunday School, I've Sung In The Choir, I Directed A Choir.

But In Fantasy, You Can Make A Complete Break, And You Can Put People In A Situation Where They Are Confronted With Things That They Would Not Confront In The Real World.

You Can Also Make Explicit Certain Social Problems Which, Again, Would Be Prejudged Or Not Encountered At All In Real Life, Because People Have Set Up Defenses Against It. Fantasy Allows You To Get Past Defenses.

Other People, Including Me, Have Written Books With Main Characters Who Were Old And Rich. Or Old And Brilliant. Old Sages, Old Wizards, Old Rich People.

I Like It That Order Exists Somewhere Even If It Shatters Near Me.