Carolina QuotesOf 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.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Interview, The Paris Review (1960)
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- interview
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- 1960
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“Of course I base my characters partly on the people I know—o…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-61EC5CB3DB. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/61ec5cb3db
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