'What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don't read the books.'
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'The ability of fiction to develop creativity, to analyze the human psyche, help you understand people - it's critical. It's as important as vitamins or anything else. To me, it's the core of the intellectual health of human beings.'
Helen Zell, who has just donated $50m to support the University of Michigan's graduate writing program