“I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel.” PeopleWritingPlayCharacterStoriesAmericaCitiesNovelAliveCenturyFiguresNew YorkShort Story20th Century Author:Gay Talese
“With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.” WorldWantCharacterMovingQualitySceneSettingDialogueSettingsPlace And Time Author:Gay Talese