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Flaws make us all human, and you're rooting for characters because of those flaws. It's ageless if you're interested in relationships and the way people can or can't relate to each other.

Being an adult comes with a whole new set of issues.

I think part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.

Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.

Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child.

Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.

But I don't think I've grown up to be a damaged adult.

You have to grow. I can't be the same person I was at 18; otherwise, I'd be stagnant.

I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.

I'd never really considered doing young-adult novels, but one of the things that a friend pointed out to me is that I've actually had a teenage character in almost every adult novel that I've written.