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“I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and…” quote by Zoe Kazan — Download Open image

“I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women. I'd been thinking about what I would want to do with that if I was going to write on that theme, and one morning I woke up and Calvin and Ruby Sparks were in my head.”

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