I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I mean, I knew of Jane Austen's work, and I guess I'm a fan at a distance insofar as from a literary… — Josh O'Connor Copy Share Image
Regency romances end in marriage; zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' delivers both. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
All reading is good reading. And all reading of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens is sublime reading. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Do not despair, little Alice. Only persist, and thou shalt see, Jane Austen's all in all to thee.” — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
“Others beside Jane Austen have made their Eltons, though none quite so cooly as she.” — Mary Lascelles Copy Share Image
Jane Austen: Getting into her books is like getting in bed with a cadaver. Something vital is lacking; namely, life. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Jane Austen can in fact get more drama out of morality than most other writers can get from shipwreck, battle, murder, or… — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
I can always go back to Jane Austen. 'Mansfield Park' is full of wise aphorisms and relevant observations of people. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
Cooper wrote a novel which is absolutely indistinguishable from Austen, completely from a female point of view, completely English, no sense that… — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
Before 'Austenland,' I got do a lead role in 'Northanger Abbey', which is Jane Austen. Growing up in England, you can't really… — JJ Feild Copy Share Image
All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
Great books are readable anyway. Dickens is readable. Jane Austen is readable. John Updike's readable. Hawthorne's readable. It's a meaningless term. You… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I always advise children who ask me for tips on being a writer to read as much as they possibly can. Jane… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Had Elizabeth Bennet known how wildly Darcy's heart beat for her, 'Pride and Prejudice' would barely have made it into a short… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
“Sir Edward's great object in life was to be seductive. With such personal advantages as he knew himself to possess, and such… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! –… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
What I'd love to do would be to bring a person from the past to me. In that case I'd pick Jane… — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
“(Golden Globe acceptance speech in the style of Jane Austen's letters ): "Four A.M. Having just returned from an evening at the… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Worry is a complete circle of inefficient thought whirling about a pivot of fear. To avoid it, consider whether the problem in… — John Sedgwick Copy Share Image
“It was as easy as breathing to go and have tea near the place where Jane Austen had so wittily scribbled and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“What is your favorite book?” One of Jane’s dark eyebrows lifted. “Rather like choosing a favorite shade of blue, my lady. Each… — Elisa Braden Copy Share Image
“Many of Jane Austen's admirers, it is true, read her novels as a means of escape into a cozy sort of Old… — Susannah Carson Copy Share Image
When I first thought about becoming Jane Austen I had to forget about the fear, or at least choose something else to… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
“I felt like a Jane Austen heroine all of a sudden, confusedly looking on at all the people she loves, their myriad… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“(Jane Austen) is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine a world in which one can read Jane Austen only once.” — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
