I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Updike's style is an exquisite blend of Melville and Austen: reading him is like cutting through whale blubber with embroidery scissors. — Florence King Copy Share Image
I grew up on Jane Austen novels and was a massive literature fanatic when I was a kid - I read everything… — Georgia King Copy Share Image
Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
What’s ready? Was Steinback ready? Hemingway? Shakespeare? Dickens? Jane Austen? They just did it, didn’t they? — Danielle Steel Copy Share Image
“No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen. — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
I read "Pride and Prejudice" [by Jane Austen]. I was gobsmacked by it - it's so funny and so modern. Unbelievable. You… — Julie Walters Copy Share Image
Jane Austen has often been praised as a natural historian. She is a naturalist among tame animals. She does not study men… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
“I thought it was bad when they made me wear this Jane Austen–suitor outfit, complete with cravat. But you! You look like… — Shelly Laurenston Copy Share Image
Growing up in the English countryside, I feel like I'm in a Jane Austen novel when I walk around. I just feel… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
[ Lady Susan novel by Jane Austen is] extremely difficult to adapt. I worked on it for years, for, like, ten years,… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly the case, and every housemaid expects at… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
People love Jane Austen, even though those books are absurd to us, because we like the clarity of it: we can see… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Austen's works have endured because she had a superb narrative technique and a gift for creating characters who feel as real as… — Syrie James Copy Share Image
The system - the American one, at least - is a vast and noble experiment. It has been polestar and exemplar for… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
“Her [Mrs Croft's] manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of herself, and no doubts of what… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The latest gorgeous entry in the Belknap Press' growing library of annotated Jane Austen novels arrives, this time the mighty Emma under… — Steve Donoghue Copy Share Image
As the tide of feminism that crested two decades ago recedes and the old advance-and-retreat games of courtship return, "Pride & Prejudice"… — Stephen Holden Copy Share Image
“I just figured something out. The difference in each of they’re smiles. Ian has that boyish sweet smile that says I’m dangerous,… — Cyndi Goodgame Copy Share Image
“When the evening was over, Anne could not but be amused at the idea of her coming to Lyme, to preach patience… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I never saw quite so wretched an example of what a sea-faring life can do: but to a degree, I know it… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." Jane Austen in 'Emma” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There's a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of… — JJ Feild Copy Share Image
![“I read "Pride and Prejudice" [by Jane Austen]. I was gobsmacked by it - it's so funny and so modern. Unbelievable. You don't expect funny to come through after 200 years - humor doesn't transcend decades, let alone centuries.” quote by Julie Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/33d/julie-walters-10631_austen_i-read-pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-auste_2088019.jpg)
![“[ Lady Susan novel by Jane Austen is] extremely difficult to adapt. I worked on it for years, for, like, ten years, before I started showing it to people. This was my back-burner project.” quote by Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/063/whit-stillman-16157_austen_lady-susan-novel-by-jane-austen-is-extre_2313217.jpg)
![“Her [Mrs Croft's] manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of herself, and no doubts of what to do; without any approach to coarseness, however, or any want of good humour. Anne gave her credit, indeed, for feelings of great consideration towards herself, in all that…” quote by Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1ae/jane-austen-39_austen_her-mrs-croft-s-manners-were-open-easy-a_641498.jpg)
