Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
“It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.”
“It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.”