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My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.

I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.

I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.

I typically wake up at 5:30, and that's my time. I read newspapers, have coffee.

I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author.

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It's a very easy, lovely life.