Early on in the writing, there is often a sentence that pins down a character for me.
When you're writing fiction, you're in every character 'cause you can't help it.
You need to know the characters as living, breathing people before you start the plot; otherwise, you'll feel panic, anarchy and chaos.
My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book about them. Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.
When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.
The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.
As a storyteller, when you see somebody who is the character you envisioned, you feel this energy in the room.
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.
