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How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.

The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

My work is distinct and definitive and specific, and hopefully it is so that every single character is different, and they are - but there's probably an underlying element that's me.

I think as an actor... I don't like to compare a character to anybody else, just because I respect other people's work, and I want that character to have his own identity.

For me, character comes from a specific condition or situation. I cannot really define a character outside that situation.

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.

A character is as much about what you do as what you say.

I like diversity; I want one character to be very different from the next. I love to live with a character for a long time if I can, but I like one character to be different from the next.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

You know like it has its own personality, its own character.