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> [ I was anticipating that some readers might misread \[the book\] ROOM itself as a hymn to homeschooling. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-was-anticipating-that-some-readers-might-misread-the-book-room/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [I guess the feminism in "Room" springs to mind most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-guess-the-feminism-in-room-springs-to-mind-most/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/feminism-is-still-one-of-those-taboo-words-so-hardly-anybody-talks/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [ Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write \[a novel\] ROOM taught me is that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/seriously-i-think-what-all-the-puzzling-over-parenthood-i-had-to-do/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [ I wrote the novel \[Room\], and then I thought, "This could work on film, and I want to be the one to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-wrote-the-novel-room-and-then-i-thought-this-could-work-on-film-and/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [I think ultimately the film 'Room' is a kind of hymn to motherhood and to the everyday heroism of parents who find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-think-ultimately-the-film-room-is-a-kind-of-hymn-to-motherhood-and/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/what-writing-room-taught-me-was-that-i-know-exactly-how-to-be-the/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [ I actually tried to think of the story \[Room\] in gender-neutral terms at first and said to myself, "OK, would this work… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-actually-tried-to-think-of-the-story-room-in-gender-neutral-terms/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [I must say, in the case of "Room," both the book and the film, I don't think being a lesbian author held…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-must-say-in-the-case-of-room-both-the-book-and-the-film-i-don-t/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-found-motherhood-a-crash-course-in-existentialism-what-is-my/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [ I was highly aware, in writing \[the book\] ROOM, that there are unsavoury aspects to our interest in such cases, and I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-was-highly-aware-in-writing-the-book-room-that-there-are-unsavoury/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [Goodbye, Room." I wave up at Skylight. "Say goodbye," I tell Ma. "Goodbye, Room." Ma says it but on mute. I look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/goodbye-room-i-wave-up-at-skylight-say-goodbye-i-tell-ma-goodbye-room/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [We're standing on the deck that's all wooden like the deck of a ship. There's fuzz on it, little bundles. Grandma says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/we-re-standing-on-the-deck-that-s-all-wooden-like-the-deck-of-a-ship/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [I was not exploiting any real individual's story in writing ROOM, of course I was aware that my novel, by commenting on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-was-not-exploiting-any-real-individual-s-story-in-writing-room-of/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [You know who you belong to Jack? - Yeah. Yourself. - He's wrong, actually, I belong to Ma. p. 261 Room by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/you-know-who-you-belong-to-jack-yeah-yourself-he-s-wrong-actually-i/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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## Other authors on Rooms

## More by Emma Donoghue

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/before-i-had-kids-i-thought-you-should-never-lie-to-a-kid-but-now-i/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/people-don-t-always-want-to-be-with-people-it-gets-tiring/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/what-writing-room-taught-me-was-that-i-know-exactly-how-to-be-the/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They put me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/with-my-first-book-i-was-hired-to-write-a-draft-of-the-script-i-was/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“Who knows what we all are before anything happens?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/who-knows-what-we-all-are-before-anything-happens/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/real-loneliness-is-having-no-one-to-miss-think-yourself-lucky-you-ve/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“It's you that matters though, just you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/it-s-you-that-matters-though-just-you/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [At the door, there was one of those moment when two people realize that they like each other more than they know each other.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/at-the-door-there-was-one-of-those-moment-when-two-people-realize/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“When I was as young as you are now I learned how to save my own life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/when-i-was-as-young-as-you-are-now-i-learned-how-to-save-my-own-life/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“In Room me and Ma had time for everything. I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/in-room-me-and-ma-had-time-for-everything-i-guess-the-time-gets/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-am-clumsy-a-late-and-nervous-driver-and-despise-all-sports-except-a/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-looked-in-my-mirror-and-saw-not-myself-but-every-place-i-d-never/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“I tell you frankly, Mrs. Damer, the more I see of different nations, the less sure I feel about the pre-eminence of my own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-tell-you-frankly-mrs-damer-the-more-i-see-of-different-nations-the/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/actually-the-nightmarish-thought-occurred-to-me-that-with-electronic/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/writing-is-nearly-always-a-matter-of-finding-whatever-your-brain/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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