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I was a writer on '30 Rock' for six years.

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. It was a nonfiction book about women pirates - 'Pirates in Petticoats.' After that, I was a book writer for good.

The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

I started writing in my 20s. I just wanted to write, but I didn't have anything to write about, so in the beginning, I wrote entertainments - mainly murder mysteries.