Character Inspiration

A taxi driver’s rant. A bartender’s silence. A wellness instructor’s terrifying calm. How real people become fictional characters—and where the theft begins.

Kurt Vonnegut said everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. That’s not a flaw in the human character. That’s the fix. Meet the janitor who maintains reality.

The accent, the attitude, the stubborn insistence that it’s the real capital of Ireland. Why a city that refuses to take anything seriously became the center of the cosmos.