George Blecher

"A friend once told me that my fiction is about the many ways that people hurt each other and themselves because they think that they live in a Universe of One: they don't quite know that other people exist. I think that's an accurate description. I hope this doesn't suggest that the work is somber; self-involvement can lead people into pretty comical situations."

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"In fiction or in journalism, the most important thing for me is that the people in the stories, whether real or fictional, feel fully alive

and recognizable."​