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?

I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep books.

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

I think I read Susan Brownmiller's classic book called "Femininity" when I was about 16. So yeah, it's been part of my mindset since a very early age. To me, what's crucial is to tell women's stories but also to tell them in a way that is fearless.

I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened.

If you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in.

When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything