I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world.
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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
I think I relate to all the characters in one way or another. I'm a chameleon like that.
I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable.
You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities.
Human character is just endlessly fascinating, and there is no character who is one thing any more than any one person is just one thing. As you work on a character, he/she is revealed more and more. That's what I continue to love about the work.
I believe strongly that characters are five-dimensional, and they're complicated, and life is complicated, and people are complicated.
I do not choose characters because I think, 'Wow, that woman is so strong.' I chose these characters with utmost conviction because I think they were realistic enough to exist, and I really liked the scripts.
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