If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore.
It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.
Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.