But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably havent read them. – Alexander McCall Smith

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy? – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Any kind of anthemic song, for the most part, theyre on the positive side of things. Its not hard to identify when a melody is just one degree too complicated or one degree too simple and where that line of pop memorability lies. – Feist