I think I know what it's like to have a family that the outside world sees as peculiar or lacking.

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

It turns up the heat under a narrative when you limit the characters in their movements or their freedoms.

Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like.

Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can't. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what's going to happen in each chapter and each scene.

I read a lot of social history. If I'm in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down the title and I google it. I do a lot of googling and looking out for good stories. I can almost smell them sometimes.

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