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I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.

The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.

I want to tell stories powerful people don't want you to tell. It's not worth getting out of bed otherwise.

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.

I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.' I don't want to be part of that.

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

Depending on the story that you're telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try and tell everybody's story.

It's often said that everybody has a story to tell, and I suppose that's true, but the problem is that most of them aren't worth telling.