The difference is that when those barren periods occur no one's waiting for a record from us, so they don't even notice we've been gone.

We all have fertile creative periods and times when we can't figure out how we ever did it.

You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, because if you pound long enough, somebody is going to open it.

But I must say I am happiest when something hits and I've written it with Barry. After all these years, I am still amazed by his genius.

I had written this really depressing ending in which when everybody says you get over things, and I thought I would love again, but wrong again.

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.