The Man You Know

How much do you see the man you knew in the fiction? Not very much, honestly, no. Some of the traits of pincher martin are drawn from my father's life. Was there a strong line of self hatred in him? I don't know where it came from. It was a streak. And as you say about alcohol, it was both a problem and a solution. But a lot of the time, when he said, i won't drink, you know, and he successfully kept off it, which he did for a long, long periods, he was much happier, much happier.