“It is an artist’s job to say that which cannot be said in words. A novelist is an artist whose medium is words. That is, it is a novelist’s job to say in words, that which cannot be said in words! In order to do this, we use a technique called ‘the lie’.”

- Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (pronounced /ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn/)