Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your stories. That's not to say you can make characters do whatever you want them to - they usually have a life of their own if you've done your job properly.
I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.
| Billy Campbell, Actor (1959) |
| Pierre Cardin, Designer (1922) |
| Amy Carlson, Actress (1968) |
| David Eddings, Author (1931) |
| Lion Feuchtwanger, Novelist (1884) |
| Jessica Hahn, Celebrity (1959) |
| Syd Barrett, Musician (2006) |
| Virginia Gildersleeve, Celebrity (1965) |
| Herman Kahn, Scientist (1983) |
| Veronica Lake, Actress (1973) |


