What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters.

I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.

I write in the morning from about eight till noon and sometimes again a bit in the afternoon. In the morning I start off by going over what I had done the previous day which my wife has happily typed up for me.

I often write either really early in the morning or really late at night.

Holiday? Is like what? I'm a hyperactive girl so it may be boring for me to be on the beach doing nothing. I just need to find a place for three weeks and work but sleep in the morning maybe write a little bit have a glass of red wine. That's my perfect holiday.

I can write all the way through the morning when my mind is clear and there are no distractions.

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in you know just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing a character came sort of strolling in and I realized Oh my God I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels.

There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.

The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up at 9 o'clock in the morning put on the coffee and sit down to write.

As soon as I began it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning and I cannot help it.