People move around so much in the world, things get lost.

...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words.

I was highly aware, in writing [the book] ROOM, that there are unsavoury aspects to our interest in such cases, and I thought it was rather honester to include discussion of media representation in the novel itself than to cling to the high moral ground by merely avoiding scenes of voyeurism, for instance.

I've been in a long and happy relationship for 22 years and it's never inspired me to write anything. It's too good - nothing to say. Problems, conflict, that's what makes for good stories.

Now that I've got a way in [to the industry] - because it can feel a bit like, "How can I possibly write a film?" - but now that I've got at least some experience in the film world, I'd absolutely love to do it again.

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

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.