Interview of the Novelist as a Host Personality

Interviewer: Is your main character based on you?

Novelist: Well, my main character does have certain things in common with me. We both live in this country.

Interviewer: As you’ve pointed out in several past interviews, there are distinct differences. For example, the character has acne and you never have.

Novelist: The character is, but at the same time is not, based on me, depending on how you define “me.” If by “me” you mean the one who does interviews, who has never had acne, whom you are speaking to now, then the character is certainly not based on me. However, if by “me” you mean an alternate personality who has always had skin problems, then…

Interviewer: So the character is not based on you.

Novelist: No. The character is not based on me.