As CEOs or board members, women are still underrepresented, and that gap is actually growing.

Not only do we need more women in the technology sector, we also clearly need to refocus energy on improving gender equality in the global economy.

If you look around Booking.com, it's a very gender-balanced company.

I think companies need to take more ownership over the gender gap themselves because if everybody does that, then overall, it will improve.

I got agitated at the idea that racism is a Southern thing. Did you hear about the cross-burning out here? A black family moved into an upper-middle-class Los Angeles suburb and found a cross burning on their lawn. Swastikas are being painted on synagogues. I'm moving to France. I don't think this 'kinder, gentler nation' bit is working too well.

My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.

My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.

My father had an invisible job outside of the house; I didn't know what he did. But my kids were privy to the ups and downs of a writer's life.