"I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to……" — Armistead Maupin
"I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir."
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Armistead Maupin
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