You made a lot of mistakes, and you wrote a lot of crap. But it was all part of the learning process.

That's what it is every time you walk into the room to write with someone new. It's like, oh god I have to take my clothes off 'my creative clothes' and let them see all of my flaws.

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.

You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, because if you pound long enough, somebody is going to open it.

Even when I think I'm writing really young, they say it's too mature.

That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.

Sharing a triumph with someone you love is an incredible high.