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I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.

I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously.

Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.

I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.

Sometimes I can think of so many ways of expressing myself that I feel I'm an old typewriter, and too many keys come forward at once - and I get jammed.

If I went for too long without writing, I would start to feel like something inside me was dying.

For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.