When the judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.
You need a wisecracking buddy standing next to you? That's the role for me. You got the guys who are knock-down, drag-out handsome. That's what people want to see. Let that guy be the hero. But there's always a role for the Everyman.
I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.

