We can't constantly tell stories of heroes. We have to hear the other stories, too, about people in dire straits who make bad choices.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's often said that everybody has a story to tell, and I suppose that's true, but the problem is that most of them aren't worth telling.
Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.
But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices.
A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.
That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.
There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.
What we want to see is stories that are going to be honest stories about the characters that we're telling them about.
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.
There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.