All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to b…

Margaret Atwood
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All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through time and changes taking place, and that's what we call 'the plot'. ✨ Do keep up. Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2004.
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