It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel.
My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.
My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember.