“I write because I want to have more than one life.”

“I wanted to write “I Want” because wanting is one of the things I want most in life.”

“I want more from life than that and I have more to give.”

“Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I've had is to never change the way I write songs and the reasons I write songs. I write songs to help me understand life a little more. I write songs to get past things that cause me pain. And I write songs because sometimes life makes more sense to me when it's being sung in a chorus, and when I can write it in a verse.”

“I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my characters join the circus, I’m joining the circus. Although I’m happily married, I spent a great deal of time mentally living with incompatible husbands.”

“I write what I feel, fiction with a twist of truth. I don't write because I want to, I write because I have to.”