David wrote an e-mail he wanted us to post in March 2005.

"Hello Margot, it¹s nice to see that my fans are all suitably eccentric,
paranoid and neurotic ­ I mean that in a nice way. In the event of me being
unable to use these passwords/usernames that you provided for me in the
scrapbook ­ since I am away at the moment ­ I see that I must find some
other way to reassure you that it really is me saying thank you to you all.
I¹m afraid that I am very bad when it comes to replying to fan mail. I do my best, but there is a great deal of it after Harry Potter, as you can
imagine. It is therefore very very useful for me that you have set up this
wonderful site so that I can express my gratitude to you all en masse. You
have done an amazing job with it all. Many of the photos are new, even to
me! Lots of them bring back many happy memories. I am particularly grateful for the pictures of myself and Katrin Cartlidge, who, as you may know, passed away a few years ago. I did not have any of these pictures in my possession, and now I have, thanks to you. I have to say that I think you're all bonkers getting yourselves all worked up over a chump like me, but.. it's very nice all the same. Now one of you will go and have this letter analysed like you did with that hoaxer, and I¹ll come out looking
like an albino Portuguese lady with a zinc deficiency or something. Note
that my spelling of analyse is British, by the way.

By the way, you have my mum to thank for telling me about you all. I bought her a computer for Christmas and she¹s only gone and learned how to use it. She thought it was terrible that I hadn¹t said thank you to you all. And so it was.. so now I¹m putting it right. Lots of love to you. Thank you. Xx"

Another greeting from him to his fans at DTO came in April 2006.

"I have written to Marjo and asked her to post this missive from me to thank you all ­ whoever you are out there ­ for all your generosity of spirit recently. To everyone who sent warm messages to Anna and I regarding the birth of our beautiful daughter, Gracie, and for all those touching birthday greetings, I say a big and sincere thank you. As I said to Marjo, I check out the site on a regular basis, as it is often the best way of finding out what I am up to, and whether or not the information about me is correct. I have been out of the country a lot at the moment and depend upon the site to know what has been printed, and where. You all do a very, very thorough job, and I really do appreciate it. I feel that I should clear up a few things which seem to be puzzling you, so that I can put your lovely little minds at rest.

First of all ­ Cheeky: As most of you know I finished this film a few years ago. I'm afraid to say that, despite being warmly received at both the Toronto and London film festivals, the film has thus far failed to find a distributor. More than that I cannot tell you as I am told by my producers ­ who I am no longer in communication with, for reasons too abstruse to go into in this context ­ that it is becoming increasingly difficult to release small independent British films. So there you go. Of course there is always the possibility that it's just not very good. Maybe I will send a copy to Marjo and let her be the judge.

Secondly ­ My novel: In this regard there is better news, since I am sat here, right now in Prague, (where Anna is filming), putting the very final touches to it. I fully expect to hand it over to my publishers by the end of May, and it should, therefore be available by next spring. It is not, by the way, titled "The Man Is A Legend", and never was. As yet I have not come up with a title. The reason for the delay is that, due to falling in love and having my time taken up with filming, I simply put it away in a drawer for five years and did nothing about it. But I think I can promise you that it will be in the shops next year.

I can also tell you that I am about to begin a film scripted and directed by the great American novelist, Paul Auster, called "The Inner Life of Martin Frost". We shall be shooting just a few miles outside of Lisbon all through May. It is a love story starring myself and Irene Jacob. I have decided to go a little art-house after some of my more recent commercial ventures. Speaking of which, sorry about Basic Instinct 2; Sometimes you just take what comes along! Let's see what the critics think of The Omen! I actually think it will be better than a lot of people anticipate, although I haven't yet seen it myself. It has a wonderful cast.

So there you go, another letter of thanks from me, and a few mysteries solved. I had intended to make this a funnier letter than it has turned out to be, but as I read it back I realise that there is not one joke. Maybe next time. As I'm sure you realise I don't like to do too much press and value my privacy, but since you are all so kind and appreciative I thought that I would do something a little more personal and write you all this letter. If you have any more worries perhaps Marjo could set up a thread with specific questions that I may be able to answer in time.

So, Happy Easter and once again ­ thank you

David xxx"