DORIS LESSING

"They ask, What is your routine? How do you write? Do you use a processor, a fountain pen, a quill? Do you write in the mornings or perhaps at night? Do you ...? Hidden in this kind of questioning is the belief that there is some trick or secret recipe; this is because all one needs to write is a biro and an exercise book, a provisioning that gives an illusion of ease. Alas, no, the trick, the recipe, is hard work."
Doris Lessing, Time Bites