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.
It's my name on the ballot, and it's me running this race. I'm the one doing this. Not my father and not my grandfather and not my great-uncle and not President Kennedy.
Elisabetta Canalis, Actress (1978) |
Jan Egeland, Public Servant (1957) |
Anselm Feuerbach, Artist (1829) |
Ben Folds, Musician (1966) |
Sigmar Gabriel, Politician (1959) |
George Jones, Musician (1931) |
Florence Kelley, Activist (1859) |
Frederick Kelly, Athlete (1891) |
Richard Lamm, Politician (1935) |
Stanislaw Lem, Writer (1921) |
Johnny Cash, Musician (2003) |
Ernst Haas, Photographer (1986) |
Serge Lang, Mathematician (2005) |
Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Photographer (1986) |