Quote

I like playing characters with internal problems.

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can identify with them.

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.

You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.

I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.

The things I write about are completely removed from my own life, but people want to know the characters better.

Every character a writer creates has some of themselves in it somewhere.

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow.