Monday, July 27, 2015

Joseph Mitchell: If You See What I Mean

You pick someone so close that, in fact, you are writing about yourself. Joe Gould had to leave home because he didn't fit in, the same way I had to leave home because I didn't fit in. Talking to Joe Gould all those years he became me in a way, if you see what I mean.
-Joseph Mitchell interview

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