“Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.” — Taraji P. Henson Quote

“Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.”

“I'm a character actor.”

“A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.”

“In most espionage novels, the characters risk their lives trying to save somebody or while protecting a nation from some threat. In 'The Travelers,' that's not what's going on. I used espionage as a device to heighten the characters' personal dramas.”

“I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are the way they are?”