Well the voices, for me especially in first person story-telling, the voice is of primary importance. And the voice reflects and articulates that particular character and what that particular character is interested in and troubled by, and so the voices are different because the people are different. It seems to be an obvious thing to say but it has to be said…

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Well the voices, for me especially in first person story-telling, the voice is of primary importance. And the voice reflects and articulates that particular character and what that particular character is interested in and troubled by, and so the voices are different because the people are different. It seems to be an obvious thing to say but it has to be said…" in the context of "On how he makes his characters distinct in “Interview with Chang-rae Lee” (UCLA Asia Pacific Center; 2004 Apr 12)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.