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I Go Straight From Thinking About My Narrator To Being Him.

Can You See The Sunset Real Good On The West Side? You Can See It On The East Side Too.

Get Smart And Nothing Can Touch You.

California Is Like A Beautiful Wild Kid On Heroin, High As A Kite And Thinking She's On Top Of The World, Not Knowing She's Dying, Not Believing It Even If You Show Her The Marks.

I Never Base A Character On Someone I Know. You Can Get Ideas From Real Life, But Every Character You Write Is Some Aspect Of Yourself.