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The core of my personality consists of many selves.

The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.

I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like I have to be myself. I feel like I have to be true to myself, but I don't have to show an exact picture of who I am.

My opinion about myself is so based on what other people think of me.

I sublimate different parts of my personality through my characters. Which is worrying, as some of them can be a bit nasty. I'm pleased the stuff on the page isn't inside me any more.

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like any other author's really.

I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

People have always made assumptions about me. I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with their own projections.

I know I come off differently than I think of myself. I'm always surprised by what people say about me.