I'm so sorry for your terrible loss, DVC. I've been hearing of so many horrible events lately, also here in Italy, I can hardly stand it.
I'm feeling for you and your family, may God help you all.
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)