desdemona. i told him i would only do desdemona if he would get rid of iago.e said that he is the whole point and i said i do not want him in there. he talks too much. the play is called "othello." he is never alone on stage. if i could only get rid of the white guy we could get somewhere. charlie: was jason your editor? toni: he was my boss. charlie: which publishing house? toni: i worked at random. bob gottlieb. he was my editor. charlie: even though you do not write about ballet. toni: he is writing a biography. charlie: of himself. a memoir biography. what does he add to you? toni: commas. he is always putting them in. i am trying to have a certain sound, a certain music. i do not want breath here. charlie: your writing has music. toni: and i have to hear it. charlie: you hear it and then you put it on the page or you put it on the page and then you hear it? toni: i hear it first. i signed up to do audiobooks of my own. at the beginning, other people did that. and then good actresses and i never listened to them and once i did, i said, that is not right. s