I like it when someone gives me a new book of poetry by a poet I haven't read.
I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.
I think, in general, it's better not to respond to reviews of your work.
I'm not a big Woody Allen fan, but thought 'Husbands and Wives' was great.
It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.
In America you make your plans and then they happen.