One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that.
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Nationality: Australian Type: Novelist Born: February 7, 1943 |
I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on the ill effects of cigarette smoking. My friend Vicki Haugabrook played as Helen and I directed the show. At the time, my brother Vince was leading the campaign to get our grandmother to