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My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It's just where they think it will do best in the bookshops.

Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.

The great thing about Batman and Superman, in truth, is that they are literally transcendent. They are better than most of the stories they are in.

The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.