Despite their success in the fields of writing poems, prose, plays and song lyrics, they feel they are still a long way from their goal.
張曉風就稱讚管管有「幫妻運」﹘﹘袁瓊瓊嫁給他以後，又寫詩、又寫散文、又寫小說，還頻頻得獎，甚至人也長得比以前嬌豔。結婚十年整，他們夫妻的感情始終如膠似漆。「溝通」是鞏固他們夫妻感情的方法。他們不但是夫妻，而且還是無話不談的朋友。