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It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect.

I always say it takes as much preparation and thought to do a small part as a leading part. In some ways, leads are easier because you have the luxury of time to discover the character.

There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.

Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write - the ultimate learning experience.

Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story.

The leads are often the boring part.

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

I don't set out to write female lead shows, necessarily. I like deeply flawed characters. When they come to me, or when I'm introduced to them, I follow the stories and the people, rather than setting out to do a female lead thing.

I'm sick of playing romantic leads.

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.