Character Affinity Quotes

When 'Ally McBeal' started, I went, 'Oh, my God.' It's like what I was doing. 'Bridget Jones' was in the same vein. I identify with all of them.

I've got to say I'm a Jon Snow guy for sure.

I never really sympathised with Peter Parker.

Oddly enough, I've always really loved Nightcrawler. You know who else they didn't use enough was Phoenix. I just thought her story line was so tragic. I was just really drawn to that character as well.

I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That's how much I love Hello Kitty.

Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we've both got red hair, we both like sweets, we've both got lots of brothers and sisters.

For me, I was never really obsessed with Luke Cage. My obsession was Wolverine.

I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories.

I guess I like Piccolo the most after all. Out of all the enemies, Piccolo Daimao is the one I like most, and even after that, I like Piccolo the most.

I like Yoda. I like the Ewoks.

I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo!

I do have some kind of gravitational pull towards young characters with more responsibility than they should have.

Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it's a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like one more than the other. They're going to read one chapter and say, 'I can't wait to get back to the other guy.'

The character I created, 'Commissario Brunetti,' who appears in all my books, shares similar reading, artistic and musical tastes with me. Subconsciously, I knew that if I was to spend however long it would take to write this book with him, this man would have to be someone I'd like to have dinner with.

Well, it's probably not something I'm conscious of, but I do gravitate towards characters that are kind of like me.

I couldn't give 'Vikings' away - I mean, I love these people. And I'm not sure anyone else writing it would necessarily have the same feeling towards the characters that I do.

I love Archie. I love Jughead. I like Reggie. I think my favorite character in the show is Betty. Obviously, I can't imagine myself playing that character, but if I had to choose a character, I really love Betty.

I gravitate towards silent characters who don't talk much.

I like Captain America because I liked Captain America when I was younger.

I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody.

I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.

I've always liked the downtrodden character on different shows. Before 'Parks,' I loved the Toby character on 'The Office.' I do like playing that type of thing.

As you live with a character longer, you claim more ownership over it. You become more defensive of it. It becomes like a person that you know.