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So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

Actually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north.

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

I do have some books, but in all the distance flights I've made I've never opened the books. I've been too busy.

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

I'll read pretty much anywhere and anytime, but for a while now, I've really enjoyed reading on flights, especially the longer hauls, when I'm unplugged from everything and can completely immerse myself in the world of a book and submit happily to its rhythms, perspectives, ideas.

The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read.

I have dictated stories from an airport after writing the story out in longhand on the plane that I got from phone interviews and then was applauded by editors for 'working magic.'