With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
If you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The film world is far more male-dominated. I mean, the numbers are staggering at the level of how many people on set… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think ultimately the film 'Room' is a kind of hymn to motherhood and to the everyday heroism of parents who find… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think there are few films out there that take motherhood seriously. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I wrote the novel [Room], and then I thought, "This could work on film, and I want to be the one to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
With a time-based medium like theater or film, you can't have the audience getting restless in their seats. They're stuck there on… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Now that I've got a way in [to the industry] - because it can feel a bit like, "How can I possibly… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I must say, in the case of "Room," both the book and the film, I don't think being a lesbian author held… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I'm really aware that in fiction, women are pretty much equal. There's a lot of very successful women novelists. Not so much… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
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… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
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… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They put me… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
At the door, there was one of those moment when two people realize that they like each other more than they know each other.… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“When I was as young as you are now I learned how to save my own life.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“In Room me and Ma had time for everything. I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
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