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I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.

It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse.

Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.

Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey - like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.