If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.

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.

In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within fiction.

So much as I enjoy big novels of epic sweep, I often find, say, if they follow several generations, by the third generation, I'm not caring about the people anymore.

Books are the air I breathe, so I don't notice the seasons.

I really like to keep my palette small but to be very intense, very myopic.

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