It's painful to consider anything but writing.

...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words.

I think I read Susan Brownmiller's classic book called "Femininity" when I was about 16. So yeah, it's been part of my mindset since a very early age. To me, what's crucial is to tell women's stories but also to tell them in a way that is fearless.

I was anticipating that some readers might misread [the book] ROOM itself as a hymn to homeschooling.

Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'There's a demon in those eyes and no one can see it but me!

I think sometimes the way to preserve the magic of a book is to throw it away - meaning, not to cling to the way a book does its magic but to find a cinematic equivalent.

I've certainly seen stats that if you have a woman director or a woman screenwriter, the number of female characters goes way up.