[Magee] I had read the book when I was a kid.
I'd read the whole Narnia series when I was young and I loved it.
One of the themes of The Silver Chair that kind of 
crosses over a lot of things that I am interested in writing
has to do with the ways in which stories
help us negotiate our way through life
and having an outside perspective on things.
And even fantasy stories that help us 
understand reality a little better. 
Get us through the difficult times in our lives.
So, "Life of Pi" is about a person who has different 
ideas about what happens to him on a very arduous journey.
And what's most important is that at the end he 
believes his version of the story is what saved him.
I would say the climactic speech of the book and the 
film, at least from a thematic story, is when
Puddleglum is talking to the Witch at the end and he says...
'You might be right. Maybe none of the world I believe in exists...'
'But if it doesn't, that makes this world a pretty 
sad place and not a place I want to stay.
So, I'm going to keep searching for that.'
And I like the optimism of that from
the most pessimistic of characters
at the climactic moment of the story.
For me, that's what "Life of Pi" was in many ways.
And also "Finding Neverland," which was about a playwright
who is finding a way to bring Neverland, to
bring a greater sense of what life is about
to a family that's going through difficult times.
I didn't set out in my career to just write these stories.
But it has happened to me again and again that
the stories I am most attracted to are about that
balanced edge between what is real
and what is imagined in the heart.
And how to go beyond just facts
and beyond what can be seen and known
to find a better way to live.
[Host] Great to hear you talk about Puddleglum's speech.
I know I speak for many listeners when I say
I can't wait to see that scene in the movie.
[Magee] Yeah, that has to be in there.
That moment has to be in there of
all moments as far as I'm concerned.
