I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer.
It's important to still look like yourself on your wedding day, so I didn't do anything drastic.
I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.