Whenever I've seen shows or films set here, they just don't feel like the real Nashville to me.

One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other.

I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.

One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest thing to go out and hear was country music. Country was taking place inside the studio and it was an export.

For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.

Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.