There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself.

When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.

My greatest sin has always been that I have a wonderful time being myself

We are not damned. We never were. Who under the sun has the right to damn any living breathing creature?

Invest in a feather duster - the possibilities are endless.

Advice to a new writer: There are no rules in this profession. Do what is good for you. Read books and watch films that stimulate your writing. In your writing, go where the pain is; go where the pleasure is; go where the excitement is. Believe in your own original approach, voice, characters, story. Ignore critics. Have nerve. Be stubborn.

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.