What I do when I create a character is put in details from all the people I know who might be like that person, and then put in a huge amount of myself. (Jeffrey Eugenides)

What I do when I create a character is put in details from all the people I know who might be like that person, and then put in a huge amount of myself.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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