"Because of the interconnectedness of all minds, affirming a positive vision may be about the most sophisticated action any one of us can take."

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I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make belief more complex and more textured, more real. Good writing unsettles, destroys both the author and the reader. From my perspective, there always has to be a tension between the writer and the monolithic elements of the culture, such as religion.

— Brian Evenson