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I managed to fit most of the writing to evenings and weekends, and my wife has been very supportive.

From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire.

It's great being married to a writer. You live with someone who can read your work and help you.

I don't see myself as an artist, as a writer. The sort of writing that I do, which is popular fiction, it's work. I have contracts to fulfil, and I have deadlines to meet.

My wife is cool enough to let me write about personal things, to be a songwriter exploring the shadowy sides of love.

As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.

My wife is a painter, musician, and fiber artist. We married in 1993, and as she worked, I found that my reading about art was helping me understand what she was doing, just as seeing her work gave me a language with which to speak of art.

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

I'm a writer first and a woman after.