My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis. One example would be the letter writing, or the reading of the letters. If you remember from the book, they find the letters and then in the most undramatic way they take them downstairs, they get approval, they sit at a table during the day with their own author, across from each other.

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.