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I work in a room overlooking the river. I try to get to my desk as soon as I've fed my cats and chickens. I use a blue 3B pencil and scribble away for about 20 pages before transferring it to the computer.

I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished.

When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished.

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

I didn't want to spend my life behind a desk.

I don't like to leave anything unfinished. I have an absolute need to see that every phone call is returned, every letter answered.

I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.

If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.

No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered.