Predisposition Is Not Predestination.

The Act Does Not Create Guilt Unless The Mind Is Also Guilty.

Genes Are Not Simple Triggers. No One Is Hardwired To Commit Murder Or Any Other Crime. Our Actions Are Always The Result Of Stupendously Complex Gene-environment Interactions, And Environment Is Likely To Remain The More Important Influence By Far.

But Sometimes You Can't Figure Everything Out Because You Can't Ever Really Understand Other People. You Can't Understand Why They Do What They Do. You Just Have To Accept A Little Mystery, Ben. People Are Mysterious, The World Is Mysterious. You Can't Know Everything. You're Not Supposed To. This Isn't A History Book. It's Just The World. It's A Messy Place.

Good Stories Are Driven By Conflict, Tension, And High Stakes.

At Some Point As Adults We Cease To Be Our Parents' Children And We Become Our Children's Parents Instead.