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When I read about myself in the media, even I don't recognize me. The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care.

I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.

There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

There are some people who believe that these are not real stories with real people, but they actually are.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I just had a hunch that there might be kernels of truth or reality - scientific or historical reality - in stories about nature that are perpetuated in oral myths. That's how I got interested in it.

I don't know... I don't think you can trust any of Kurt's characters. That's how Mr. Sutter operates: nothing is what it seems.