You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.

Truman Capote
You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.
You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.
You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.
You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.
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The only thing you can blame a writer for is the way their characters talk. The characters are making the story up as they are going along. They are not real people, so they are not to be taken too literally.

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