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Ultimately I'm the writer for me, but also, anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me, and I'm pretty good at helping them get there.

I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

Both my mother and I have close groups of friends that include other writers, and these friendships are very important to us.

I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore.

I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself.

My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms.

I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.

I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people.

I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.