"I take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe in but I give them to this character and he runs with them. I have fun with however he handles the situation"

This quote by Jhonen Vasquez speaks with the imaginative process of writing. He is saying that he takes ideas, a few of which he might not even think in, and gives them to his characters. He then permits his characters to take the ideas and keep up them, and he has fun with the outcome. This speaks with the concept of permitting characters to take on a life of their own, and to let them check out the ideas that the writer has actually provided. It likewise speaks to the idea of permitting the characters to make their own choices and to check out the repercussions of those choices. This quote is a suggestion that the imaginative process is not constantly direct, which in some cases the best ideas originate from enabling characters to check out and develop their own stories.