A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.

I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.

You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just let's you get on with it.

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

I'm a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by.

The way to my heart is through Belgian milk chocolate.

Everybody's damaged by something.