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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/) Apr 15, 2013 4:00 AM UTC  Twilight author Stephenie Meyer. Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/) Apr 15, 2013 4:00 AM UTC **In addition to being the author of** **_The Host_** **, you’re also a producer on the movie. How much creative input do you get?** It was basically me and one other producer and the director making all the creative decisions. That was a new experience for me, to be that involved. It was very cool. **You’ve written a lot about young people. What draws you to them as characters?** It’s about the story I want to tell. With Bella \[in Twilight\], I wanted someone who was falling in love for the first time. With \[The Host’s\] Melanie, I liked the hardship of her being young. **How do you think Melanie holds up as a role model?** The main character isn’t a teenage girl; it’s an alien who is in a teenage girl’s body. I don’t really feel like we should be looking for our role models in fiction. That being said, Melanie’s a pretty tough person, and I find Wanda, the alien, pretty aspirational. She’s kind of who I would want to be if I always did the right thing and always thought about other people before myself. **In** **_The Host_** **, Earth is one of several inhabited worlds. That reminds me of Mormon cosmology. Does your faith influence the worlds you create?** The way it comes out the most is that my characters think about what comes next. I find it kind of shallow in a character if they don’t have that kind of wonder and an idea about the world and where they belong and where they’re going to go. **You also worked as a producer on the movie** **_Austenland_** **, which was at Sundance this year, about a woman who is obsessed with Jane Austen. You have firsthand experience with obsessive fans.** I never really looked at it as, Oh, this reminds me of my fans. That’s me. I would love to go and stay at a Regency theme park where I got to dress up all day and act like a Jane Austen character. **What else are you a crazy fan of?** The Brontës. And sometimes Jeremy Renner. **The literary establishment isn’t always kind to you. How do you deal with criticism?** A lot of it I really take to heart, because I know I’m not the best writer. I do try to learn from it. I feel like with each book I’ve written, I’ve gotten a little bit better. You sometimes have to tune it out, because it can be that voice in your head all the time and be really crippling. **You’ve described being a working mom as a delicate balance. How do you and your husband divide the work at home?** Right now he’s doing 100%. **Do you consider yourself a feminist?** I do. Everybody has a little bit different definition. But to me, what I think it should be is that you shouldn’t have to do anything or not be able to do anything because you’re a woman. **I have to ask you about** **_50 Shades of Grey._** **E.L. James took something that you created and used it as inspiration for something that’s pretty raunchy. How does that make you feel?** It doesn’t feel that connected to me. I haven’t read it, so I don’t know. I’m glad that she is doing well and succeeding, and that’s cool. The raunchy part, I wish that wasn’t attached to _Twilight_, just because I don’t like to think of it that way, but, you know, it doesn’t hurt _Twilight_. **Do you think you’ll ever return to the** **_Twilight_** **universe?** When the _Twilight Saga_ movies ended, I kept thinking I was going to be really sad. I was waiting for it to hit. I just felt nothing but relief. 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