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I never feel that I have to be true to history: I have to be true to my story.
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The speaker distinguishes between being faithful to documented history and being faithful to the story they are telling. This does not necessarily reject history; it says that the story’s meaning and shape matter more than reproducing every event exactly. “My story” points to a personal version of events, shaped for its own purpose.
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- BOMB Magazine, interview by Rubén Gallo
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