I've been writing full-time since I was 23.

The way to my heart is through Belgian milk chocolate.

There may be certain genres that men dominate, but fiction not so much. The question of prizes is tricky because there are so many prizes.

I hate desks; they make me feel like a child doing homework.

I've been in a long and happy relationship for 22 years and it's never inspired me to write anything. It's too good - nothing to say. Problems, conflict, that's what makes for good stories.

Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book and film [Room] are about "the triumph of the human spirit.

The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.