I Wrote The Novel [room],

I Needed To Do A Lot Of Saying No. I Had A Lot Of [interest] From People Who I Just Didn't Think Were Quite Right For It. And I Didn't Want A Bad Film To Be Made Of The Book, Either A Sentimental One Or A Creepy One, So I Did A Lot Of, "no Thank You." Then When The Right Filmmaker Came Along, Yes, I Suppose I Presented Myself Very Much As Wanting To Be The Writer.

I've Always Been Religiously Inclined, But It Doesn't Come Up In Most Of My Books.

Nowadays, 'invisibility' Was Supposed To Be The Big Problem, But The Way I Saw It Was, All That Mattered Was To Be Visible To Yourself.

I'm Really Aware That In Fiction, Women Are Pretty Much Equal. There's A Lot Of Very Successful Women Novelists. Not So Much [for Women Writers Working] In Film.

I Hate Desks; They Make Me Feel Like A Child Doing Homework.