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If I think of a reader while I am writing, the only reader who really matters for me is my wife. It's most important to me that she likes what I write.

I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.

I'm a writer first and a woman after.

Inevitably I draw on my own relationships when I write, so if I'm writing about a fight between a husband and his wife, of course I'm going to think about a recent fight with my husband. Or if I'm writing about sisters, of course I'm going to think about my sister.

I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey - like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed towards what I'm trying to write.

My wife likes me better when I'm writing. It centers me and makes me more calm. When I go a long time without writing, I start getting frustrated.

Writing is the most important thing in my life - above marriage.