“I think stories teach us about the world. What kind of lives we want to live and the people we want to meet. They tell us how we should live our lives. There is something about fiction that makes life seem appealing to us, and sometimes we want to live in that world and escape our own reality.”

“I think stories teach us about the world. What kind of lives we want to live and the people we want to meet. They tell us how we should live our lives. There is something about fiction that makes life seem appealing to us, and sometimes we want to live in that world and escape our own reality.”

— Cierra Martinez