Nehaveigur

It doesn’t matter much if it’s authentic. What matters is if it’s good. Good and inauthentic is better than bad and authentic. This is true for food and it’s true for literature. Richard Ford:

If I can use whatever I make of myself to write something that will make a difference to you, then I’ve done my job, even if I have to make myself out to be someone I’m not.

This is from a portrait of Ford by Chander Fritz in County Highway. Here‘s more on a similar theme by Ford. Here’s more by Fritz.