We live in a bureaucratic, atomized world, but the system is still run by human beings. If as a writer, you want to capture the world we live in, I think you have some responsibility to at least try to get at some of the ways we've chosen to govern ourselves.
Adam HaslettMy interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the readers empathize or judge as they will.
Adam Haslett