Mick Foley Quotes

I always tell my students to complicate your characters: never make it easy for the reader. Nobody is ever one thing. That's what makes characters compelling.

Growing up, I wanted to be in WWE because of watching characters like Stephanie McMahon and Paul Heyman. They just are such incredible storytellers, such incredible, compelling characters.

The best angles and the best stories always hinge on reality. Throughout the history of WWE, all the best storylines have a little touch of what's real behind them.

A lot of people ask me, like, how the characters are different between Nitro and Morrison and Mundo, and the biggest difference is just the names. Like, wrestlers are usually a version of yourself, and the versions of myself haven't really changed that much.

As a writer, I have to show complexities. Through my writings, I hope to bring out people in different situations and not just one-dimensional beings.

I'm interested in characters that are complex people.

When you're reading, like, a character's thoughts, or when it's in first person, you're reading kind of their own story, so you have the opportunity to see what makes that character complex or complicated. And to me, that's what the whole point of fiction is.

In the best works of fiction, there's no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where even the bad guy's got his reasons.

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

It's kind of beating a dead horse if you're talking about going out and saying wrestling's fake, or this or that. People don't want to hear that. They want to hear, they wanted to find an inside story.

You have to think about the WWE as soap operas.

I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters.

I like complicated characters.

The characters, to me, in 'Homeland' are not one note in any way.

There are so few shows that are willing to take risks with their characters in the way that 'Homeland' does. And yet, the audience still comes back and loves those characters.

I watch just as much WWE as almost anyone, but I love to. It's something I enjoy doing. I don't force myself to watch. I get excited for Mondays. I get excited to see the show.

I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.

As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.

I like shows that are ensemble-based, that explore the humanity of every character.

What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray.

I always look for interesting, complex characters. You know, interesting, well-written material.

I don't really like simple characters too much; it's too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with on screen.

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.