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I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is the story than separate and independent creatures.

It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.

Yeah, it's fun to be somebody you're not, to bring a character to life.

You can escape into a character.

I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you've experienced.

If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.

I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.