One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that. (Peter Carey)

One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that.

Peter Carey

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