I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. (Elizabeth Bowen)

I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.

Elizabeth Bowen

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