Anthony McCarten : (2)

" No murder or sin or act of barbarism or cruelty has ever been committed by a person fully absorbed in the reading of a book. By this fact alone, we can conclude that readers are nicer people, at least until they put the book down. When we are reading, we are better. " - Anthony McCarten

" If it’s correct to say that there is a closing of minds around the world, story is one of the most powerful agents of reviving the conversation between ideas. Ultimately, that’s all stories are trying to do – open the conversation. They cannot give a proscription. It’s not clairvoyant art. " - Anthony McCarten