Douglas Adams would get locked up in a Hotel room by his Publisher.

Somebody (maybe Douglas himself, can't remember) wrote a mock-up on how the telephone conversation with the publisher was, pov publisher:

"Hi Douglas, you know deadline is in tow weeks, how is progress?"

"What does "doing my best" means?"

"Douglas, how many pages have you written?"

"Great, I will send a courier immediately to pick that ONE PAGE"