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When writing sex scenes, there is often no pleasing anyone, except perhaps the writer herself.

A sex scene is gratuitous when it only exists for its own sake.

It's difficult for me to say, but I don't think the sex scenes are particularly erotic.

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.

When I was younger - I don't do this too much now - but sometimes if I couldn't sleep, I would lie in bed and imagine all the characters I've played at a dinner table together.

Most people like a little sex in their novels.

When I sit down to write a scene, I have a plan in mind, and I'm thrilled when a character disregards my goals and takes the story to a place I hadn't imagined.

I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.

My issue in the past with nudity was that these scenes had been written solely for box office draw.