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.

I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sleep?) and [the book] ROOM was the result.

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

You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well.

The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like.

For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have...

What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do it for more than ten minutes at a time.