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 am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.

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

The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.

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

Maybe I’m a human, but I’m a me-and-Ma as well.

I wrote the novel [Room], and then I thought, "This could work on film, and I want to be the one to do it." So I went ahead and drafted it.