Women have an extraordinary clarity. So I thought: if I can get the emotional clarity of women, looking like I do, that might be interesting to watch.

It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine.

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.