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I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.

A good script is like a work of art in itself. I've read hundreds of scripts, and good ones are very rare. If the writer has something to say, and a voice, and a plot that matches character, and an emotional trajectory that works, then I'd be an idiot to fool around with it. It's just that few scripts ever are like that.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.

I read as many scripts as I can and just find stuff that I think is interesting, find stories that I think are worth telling.

My stories are character driven.

Some novels present a story form many points of view. Most movies tell only one person's side of the story. Sometime it's easy to use the strongest point of view, or find the character with the most dramatic experience. It depends on which themes the scriptwriter wants to explore.

Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.

The important thing is the storytelling and having a script that makes you feel you're living and breathing through the characters.

What I look for in a script is the plot point and whether they're strong, obviously, or not, whether the characters are rich or not, and if I can do justice to the character or not. Some movies you look at and the script is so bad that no one can do anything with the script.