Jhumpa Lahiri (post 4): “Characters live inside me,” “I become the characters,” denies it’s “multiple personalities,” but “something strange happens”

“Something strange happens in that the characters live inside me for that time [while I’m writing],” Lahiri said. “Not like multiple personalities or anything, but I become the characters a little bit when I’m working with them, perhaps in the way an actor does.” https://chicagomaroon.com/2010/05/11/lahiri-speaks-on-life-literature-and-libraries/