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.

I've always been religiously inclined, but it doesn't come up in most of my books.

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

Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write [a novel] ROOM taught me is that children can thrive in a remarkable range of situations.

What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do it for more than ten minutes at a time.

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

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