Her moods and her thoughts and her phobias just count for everything to her. What goes on in her head is much more important to her than what goes on in the outside world. The main dynamic is based on my mother. The character initially said a lot of things my mother said. But my mother never tried to have me killed, obviously, although probably if it had happened, she would ve said, Well, you must ve been doing something wrong.
People go to their graves, and they re still mysteries.
We ll never find out. Therapists really like it. I had a call from a guy who actually told me some interesting things about our characters in a way that I didn t know about. So there s this whole need for action, action, action, gambling, shooting, screwing, taking drugs. Every character is always blaming other people for their problems.