I'm very keen. Adaptations of other people's work, too. I got fascinated by the adaptation process, so I think that'd be a really interesting task. I would happily write original screenplays as well. I think it's become one of my favorite genres.

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

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

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

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

I say "on principle" [regarding 'lesbian writer'] because whenever you get one of your minority labels applied, like "Irish Writer," "Canadian Writer," "Woman Writer," "Lesbian Writer" - any of those categories - you always slightly wince because you're afraid that people will think that means you're only going to write about Canada or Ireland, you know.

I think there are few films out there that take motherhood seriously.