Everybody's Damaged By Something.

Identity Politics Are Wearisome; You Don't Want To Go On Speaking For Any One Group As A Writer.

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 Think Sometimes The Way To Preserve The Magic Of A Book Is To Throw It Away - Meaning, Not To Cling To The Way A Book Does Its Magic But To Find A Cinematic Equivalent.

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.

There's Not A Thing Wrong With You, You're Right The Whole Way Through.