We Do Not Live In A Centred

[science Fiction Is] A Mode Of Romance With A Strong Inherent Tendency To Myth.

The Bible Is Not Interested In Arguing, Because If You State A Thesis Of Belief You Have Already Stated It's Opposite; If You Say, I Believe In God, You Have Already Suggested The Possibility Of Not Believing In Him. [p.250]

The Tricky Or Boastful Gods Of Ancient Myths And Primitive Folk Tales Are Characters Of The Same Kind That Turn Up In Faulkner Or Tennessee Williams.

Writing: I Certainly Do Rewrite My Central Myth In Every Book, And Would Never Read Or Trust Any Writer Who Did Not Also Do So.

Literally, The Bible Is A Gigantic Myth, A Narrative Extending Over The Whole Of Time From Creation To Apocalypse, Unified By A Body Of Recurring Imagery That "freezes" Into A Single Metaphor Cluster, The Metaphors All Being Identified With The Body Of The Messiah, The Man Who Is All Men, The Totality Logoi Who Is One Logos, The Grain Of Sand That Is The World.