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At the heart of drama is conflict.

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

I think that internal conflict works very well, because, after all, all the best drama is fuelled by conflict.

I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of.

Modern culture is a tremendous force.

I think the merging of high and low culture is so fascinating.

It certainly seems as though a great majority of genre is conflict-focused and, not only that, but focused on large physical conflicts.

I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.

About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work.

I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.