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It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try and imagine how they felt then I'd be able to do something quite honest.

I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

It's how I express myself - through storytelling and characters. They often reveal very intimate, vulnerable sides of myself.

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.

The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters.

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting. This often means that I'm drawing from my experiences and observations.

Often I choose characters who express not my best self, but the sides of me I haven't developed or haven't expressed.

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.