I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it.
Tom Wolfedon't just describe an emotion, arouse it, make them experience it, by manipulating the symbol of the emotion, and sometimes we have to come into awareness through the back door.
Tom WolfeThe attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion.
Tom Wolfe