Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories..
It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way..
The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. I can't describe how deeply I love them all..
I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, ….
Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not discerning about whether it looks great or it's a gr….
I'm not actually a psychopath. I don't look evil. People don't normally want to put me in the same kind of things afterward, so I'm looking forward t….
I think I would much rather push the boundaries of the degradation that the characters face..
I think that the episodes are like mini horror films really; the characters make bad decisions early on and these things just snowball for them and g….
I think the most important thing for me is a challenge. I'm not happy, creatively, unless I'm faced with a challenge. So, overcoming those challenges….
The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end the show on: it was a sort of 'It's a Wonderful Life' with ….
Characters are often revealed by the ways they misapprehend others..
The basic idea is that there is this group that, over the centuries, has learned to control reincarnation. John's character stumbles into that realiz….
Trish "Patsy" Walker is just one of my favorite characters and she was a big comic character in the '40s..
The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I h….
You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' - the variety of characters was so amazing to me..
I do sometimes play characters that are a bit ambiguous. You've got to be brave about that sort of stuff. I like the sense of people not feeling too ….
"Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to die. I am not allowed to vind….
...along with the other animals, the stones, the trees, and the clouds, we ourselves are characters within a huge story that is visibly unfolding all….
The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church..
A Thousand Pardons began at the beginning. I wanted it to be one continuous, almost breathless kind of story. In order to do that, it's really hard n….
I did not know till now how irresolute a character was mine..