Emma Donoghue

The way to my heart is through Belgian milk chocolate.

I'm constantly saying, 'I read a fascinating article in 'The New Yorker'... ' I say it so often that sometimes I think I have nothing interesting to say myself, I merely regurgitate 'The New Yorker.'

The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.

Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.