I guess the feminism in "Room" springs to mind most.

Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for a while, live more than one life, walk more than one path. Reading, of course, can do the same.

I think about Old Nick carrying me into the truck, I'm dizzy like I'm going to fall down. "Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma, "but brave is what you're doing." "Huh?" "Scaredybrave." "Scave." Word sandwiches always make her laugh but I wasn't being funny.

She leaped into space, high, higher than she'd ever been in her life. She came down with a clean snap, and the crowd scattered like birds from the swing of her feet.

What's crucial about being an executive producer is that you stay in the loop, information-wise. They have to share all their major decisions with you.

Everybody's damaged by something.

Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.