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

Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write [a novel] ROOM taught me is that children can thrive in a remarkable range of situations.

When I tell her what I’m thinking and she tells me what she’s thinking, our each ideas jumping into the other’s head, like coulouring blue crayon on top of yellow that makes green.

I must say, in the case of "Room," both the book and the film, I don't think being a lesbian author held me back at all.

I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think were quite right for it. And I didn't want a bad film to be made of the book, either a sentimental one or a creepy one, so I did a lot of, "No thank you." Then when the right filmmaker came along, yes, I suppose I presented myself very much as wanting to be the writer.

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

There's not a thing wrong with you, you're right the whole way through.