"I tried as much as possible not to view my characters through a modern lens. Obviously it’s very difficult to put aside my personal biases and experiences, but I tried not to psychoanalyze my characters from the vantage point of 2018. I tried not to impose my own beliefs onto them, and I tried not to let whatever was happening around me color the way that I was telling the story."
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As quoted in "#KOLLABSFGETSLIT With Kirstin Chen, Author of Bury What We Cannot Take" in Kollaboration San Francisco (6 November 2018)
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