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For the most part, there's so much of me in my characters.

I'm about my characters.

I think it's important to change and not be associated with your character too much.

I hate hearing me talk when I'm not in character, and I can barely deal with hearing me as a character.

In the old days, I just could not leave characters alone. Now I just try to keep the ones that still have something in the way of stories to tell.

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.

I usually grow sick of my short-story characters and think, 'I never want to see you again.'

I try to talk about things I know about. But my characters are more of a combination of people or how I imagine people would feel.

I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else.