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Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.

You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.

You have to figure out what's important and keep the main points, though I will swing a little outside the box. It affords me the freedom to find out who the character is, and it's been a positive technique for me. I'm not saying everyone should change words, but if you can do it with confidence, you may nail it.

The characters I write about are very internal.

My school of thought with going into a character is that you have to understand where they come from, and you have to empathize with them.

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.

You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well.

You can't really write until the characters kind of show up one day and tell you what they're going to say. You start to hear the rhythm of the way the people talk, and then it becomes easier.

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.