Fantasy Allows You To Get Past Defenses.

I Like The Beatles, Of Course, But That's When I Grew Up.

You Can Also Make Explicit Certain Social Problems Which, Again, Would Be Prejudged Or Not Encountered At All In Real Life, Because People Have Set Up Defenses Against It. Fantasy Allows You To Get Past Defenses.

I Had, Of Course, No Model For That Sort Of Woman Being Married, But I Can Make That Up As I Go Along.

It Is Not Wrong To Be Different. Sometimes It Is Hard, But It Is Not Wrong.

Other People, Including Me, Have Written Books With Main Characters Who Were Old And Rich. Or Old And Brilliant. Old Sages, Old Wizards, Old Rich People.