I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less.
If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you have to love them.
I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
The stories I work on, especially for any length of time, do tend to become personal to me.
The fascination of somebody with original creative gifts is something that's always drawn me. I get attached to them, but I can't call it being in love, because the words are so debased.
Creators love creations before they exist.
It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting.
I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites.
I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them.
My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore.
As a producer, you can't break up w/your own project. It's like sleeping with someone that you don't like... Forever.
