I Like Naming Characters.

The Irish Are The Niggers Of Europe, Lads.

If There Is A Heaven, Jane Austen Is Sitting In A Small Room With Mother Teresa And Princess Diana, Listening To Duran Duran, Forever. If There's A Hell, She's Standing.

My Parents Were Sixty Years Married.

No Matter How Close To Personal Experience A Story Might Be, Inevitably You Are Going To Get To A Part That Isn't Yours And, Actually, Whether It Happened Or Not Becomes Irrelevant. It Is All About Choosing The Right Words.

The Best Way To Reveal A Character Is To Get Them To Open Their Mouths.