I just want to tell stories that have an impact on people. Somebody needs to have an impact because people are lost. People are really lost.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.
I want to do stories that inspire people.
My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.
The stories we can tell are those that happen to us; we meet, work, live, laugh, love, demonstrate, strive in community.
I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.
As a matter of fact, I deliberately look for the mundane, because I feel these stories are ignored. The most influential things that happen to virtually all of us are the things that happen on a daily basis. Not the traumas.
I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.
I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.
As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events.
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