I think that when you're writing fiction what you're doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and how other people think, and the sort of confusions that you don't normally like to admit to.
“I'm still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn't suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today.”
“I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.”