I watch his hands, they're lumpy but clever. "Is there a word for adults when they aren't parents?" Steppa laughs. "Folks with other things to do?
Emma DonoghueI always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to my father's judgment. But, of course, he's such a fond father that he always writes back, saying it's the greatest thing ever written.
Emma DonoghueI 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.
Emma DonoghueIt turns up the heat under a narrative when you limit the characters in their movements or their freedoms.
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