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OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM

Douglas Adams, of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fame, was famously easily distracted, not to say a little work shy. He is supposed to have said, ‘I love deadlines, I love the whooshing sound they m

‘A year ago there was a restructure at work and I hate my new boss. I am now stressed every day and at weekends, and I feel like I just can’t take it any more. Also, I want to work fewer days – I am c

No little girl grows up dreaming of becoming an escort. A sex worker. A whore. Keep that in mind. It’s a job, right. A lot of people do difficult work, and many don’t like their jobs. That’s a fact ab

Those brilliant ideas for stories that mysteriously bubble up from somewhere deep in the subconscious to wake an author in the middle of the night, and get them groping for the notebook or phone they