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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

People are always thinking that I'm the main character in my books, but each one has been different, and sometimes they've been men.

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.

What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Character is made up of a variety of different things. One of those elements is gender.

Perhaps what distinguishes my characters is their courage and spirit and a certain stubbornness which enables them to keep going even when facing a setback. I think this developed organically as I wrote, but also it came out of a desire to portray women as powerful and intelligent forces in the world.

I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male, but that you relate to them as a person. That's the driving force.

You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.