Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future.
Derivatives in and of themselves are not evil. There's nothing evil about how they're traded, how they're accounted for, and how they're financed, like any other financial instrument, if done properly.
Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
The most satisfying thrillers send ordinary people into battle against the forces of evil - otherwise known as greed, ego, rage, fear and laziness - and bring them out bloodied but whole.
Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.
I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.
No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes.