The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical.
I come from a working-class family in Pittsburgh, whereas 'Mike & Molly' deals with the working class in Chicago. I swear a little, but I pretty much talk the same. It's not like when you see someone like Tim Allen and he's a lot bluer onstage.