It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much.
Flannery O'ConnorKnowing who you are is good for one generation only. You haven't the foggiest idea where you stand now or who you are
Flannery O'ConnorThere won't be any biographies of me because, for only one reason, lives spent between the house and the chicken yard do not make exciting copy.
Flannery O'Connor