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I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.

In any story, the villain is the catalyst. The hero's not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor. He's one-dimensional intentionally, but the villain is the person who owns up to what he is and stands by it.

I think everybody likes to play the villain. They're always much more interesting characters.

Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.

It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end.

For me, especially with the villain, it's not very interesting to write a guy who is just 100% bad.

I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.

Everything about playing a villain is appealing to me.

Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.