Of course I base my characters partly on the people I know—one can't escape it—but fictional characters are oversimplified; they're much less complex than the people one knows.


Interview, The Paris Review (1960).


Of course I base my characters partly on the people I know—one can't escape it—but fictional characters are oversimplified; they're much less...

Of course I base my characters partly on the people I know—one can't escape it—but fictional characters are oversimplified; they're much less...

Of course I base my characters partly on the people I know—one can't escape it—but fictional characters are oversimplified; they're much less...

Of course I base my characters partly on the people I know—one can't escape it—but fictional characters are oversimplified; they're much less...