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I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.

Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.

Writing is what I do. It's like breathing to me at a certain point, but if I couldn't write, I do like cooking.

I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.

To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.

If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.

Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond price.

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.