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“I was feeling like I'd been born in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people. I don't believe that anymore, not coincidentally two years after writing Eileen. I think that was the driving curiosity for me, thinking about real and fictional characters who could respond to that problem.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh is a contemporary American author known for her unique narrative style and profound psychological insights. Her works often explore themes of loneliness, alienation, and moral dilemmas in modern society. more

“I always chose talkative people. And Viva, who was my first wife - we started making films together because she was extraordinarily creative. I was drawn to those people who tended to talk or act differently. The nice thing about using your friends as actors is they trust you. I wouldn't use footage of people that was destructive to them.”

People Together Film Creative Nice Wife Talkative

Author:Michel Auder

“The idea of life in France is a utopia where the women are beautiful and they eat cheese all day and wear designer clothes and are magically thin and more evolved. And that's wonderful. Over here, we're still fighting for birth control.”

Beautiful Fighting Wonderful Birth Designer Utopia

Author:Roxane Gay

“I like what the internet offers: the ability to get people interested in your mind, and have a chance if you're not conventionally attractive.”

People Mind Chance Ability Internet Attractive

Author:Roxane Gay

“And all the women are feminine, so we never get to see masculine presenting women and we never get to frame that as beautiful, which it is, and that's incredibly frustrating, so for every gain or benefit that the internet offers there is a liability.”

Beautiful Internet Feminine Masculine Frustrating Presenting Liability

Author:Roxane Gay

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