Sir Harold Evans: We’re now in a situation of anarchic disorder.
Madeleine L'Engle: Oh, yes. I expected it to be bad, and it is.
Evans: It’s somebody who stumbles over a neck but misses the body lying on the floor.
L'Engle: Narrow-mindedness.
Evans: It’s absolutely useless for argument.
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L'Engle: Faith is best expressed in story.
Evans: Writing that is deliberately designed to deceive–insurance policies, political statements.
L'Engle: Oh no, you do, because it's truth, not fact, and you have to take truth seriously even when it expands beyond the facts.
Evans: Side with the truth tellers.
L'Engle: Good heavens, no. I read one of them.
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Evans: I’m not against acronyms. I’m just trying to say what helped me through millions and millions of words at speed when I was in newspapers and publishing.
L'Engle: That’s silly. So is Winnie the Pooh.
Evans: But the thought is zero, virtually.
L'Engle: No, there was a period when I thought I never would. Anything but.
Evans: That’s why we remember the date.