"My dad used to call me "yeah but" because no matter what the answer was I always wanted to explore why things were what they were and how they might be different."

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You have to expose part of yourself to create a character deep enough for readers to care about. You try not to because it's hard and at times shameful, but then when you read those pages over and you see they have no life to them so you throw them away and force yourself to be more honest. So I suppose the answer is I see myself in all my characters, in their best moments and in their worst.

— Adam Haslett