I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.
I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it, and I think that actors really respond positively to the fact that I like to talk about that stuff, because I'm not sure that all directors do.
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.