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I love becoming a character outside of who I am. Even when I was a little girl, I loved make believe, so I like it.

Getting to share the stories in my head with other people and have them enjoy those stories, and having them come to see my characters as real. That's so cool.

I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.

I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person.

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting. This often means that I'm drawing from my experiences and observations.

I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they're the invention of artistic people or directors, musicians. I think music and art and fashion designers inspire me and I like characters.

I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface.

I like characters that make me feel challenged and sort of inspired.

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.