"Part of why you put limits on magic in a fantasy narrative is so that there won’t be this..."

“Part of why you put limits on magic in a fantasy narrative is so that there won’t be this sense that you can just get away with anything. Any problem you have, you can just snap your fingers… Magic should never be that easy.”

- I was on the BBC Radio yesterday, talking about our relationship with nature, alongside some incredibly smart people. You can listen to it here (I mostly come in halfway through).