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I think if you find that you're making a judgment on the character, than your audience will make a judgment on the character.

I think the way we react to things is a big indicator of our character and what type of person we are.

You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

In character, as it were, the writer settles for an impression of what happened rather than creating the sense of the thing happening.

When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes and try to feel everything they feel.

You never want to be in a position where your reader feels like you're passing judgment on your own characters. Any novel where you feel like the author is talking to the reader over the characters' heads is in a bad place.

Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake.