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It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.

I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them.

I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.

The stories I love the most are where the author has a lot of empathy for everyone. The author loves their characters and takes their situations really seriously, and you feel like you're just dropped into a different world.

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.

It is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.

For me, it's nice to have a character who can never find love and have that be the running theme, but I think when you open the door to a story line about relationships, you open the door to another realm of comedy.

I love good stories; you have to have a good plot - characters which intertwine with a good plot.