It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel.
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When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who have read the series have been able to envision and become very attached to the characters.
I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
The problem with being a writer is that some readers tend to think that anything that comes out of a character's mouth is you talking.
The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.
I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.
A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a way, on their behalf.
People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.
An author's characters do what he wants them to do.
Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
Too often, we get attention and sympathy by being a victim. If we're invested in someone being our villain, we must love being the victim. We have to let go of both characters in the story.