"Stories... What's a story? When you were in highschool, did you learn about the civil war?"
"Yeah, of course"
"How? Did you read about it? Perchance in a book? How is that any less real than any other books?"
"Historybooks are based on history"
"And storybooks are based on what? Imagination? Where does that come from? It has to come from somewhere. You know what the issue is in this world? Everyone wants a magical solution for their problems and everyone refuses to believe in magic."