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

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

Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to them by definition, because if you're trying to summarize something for your 1-year-old, you put it in very simple terms. You only gradually complicate the explanation as they get older.

I was anticipating that some readers might misread [the book] ROOM itself as a hymn to homeschooling.

Actually,the nightmarish thought occurred to me that with electronic delivery of books becoming a norm, soon writers may be expected to provide several versions of their book, ranging from the Easy to the Complex, and buyers will choose what they're in the mood for with the click of a button! I do hope not.

With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They put me through seven or eight drafts and it was just getting worse and worse, and then the film was never made.

I must say, in the case of "Room," both the book and the film, I don't think being a lesbian author held me back at all.