I just wanted to play a cowboy for a long time.

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.

For a long time, I wanted children. When I was about 30 or 32, I really thought about it.

For a long time, I didn't think I wanted to live in the Ozarks or write about the region. It seemed to be a sure recipe for obscurity, and to be obscure was not my conscious ambition.

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.