I’ve often been criticized in England because I use a lot of material that I’ve found in books rather than “real life” whatever that might be. Reading books is quite as real as any other part of my life; therefore I can use the material, wherever it may come from.
“He turned down the sound, not out of boredom with these documentaries and situation comedies, but because they were meaningless. Even the commercials, with their concern for realities of everyday life, were transmissions from another planet.”
J. G. Ballard | High-Rise