A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.
To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation.
Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.
We are creatures of story.
Once one habit peels away the others follow it. You have to hold on, or the next thing you'll find yourself parading down the street in your nightdress. Habit is everything.
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.