Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist. — George Saintsbury Copy Share Image
Every time I read a Jane Austen novel, I feel like a bartender at the gates of heaven. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Without those forerunners, Jane Austen and the Brontes and George Eliot could no more have written than Shakespeare could have written without… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It was easy to believe, between lessons on Shakespeare and Dickens and Austen, that all of the great stories had already been… — Ally Carter 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
I have discovered that our great favourite, Miss Austen, is my countrywoman...with whom mamma before her marriage was acquainted. Mamma says that… — Mary Russell Mitford Copy Share Image
She is never alone when she has Her Books. Books, to her, are Friends. Give her Shakespeare or Jane Austen, Meredith or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table. — A. N. Wilson 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
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
...in other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama Interview - March 1964 — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I was in Los Angeles making 'Dead Again' and the producer, Lindsay Doran , asked me if I'd be interested in adapting… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
That's the attraction of the conference circuit: it's a way of converting work into play, combining professionalism with tourism, and all at… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
The great thing about Jane Austen - the reason we're all still obsessed with her - is that she gets inside a… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
After all, what's good enough for Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do… — Edward Bond 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
There would be more genuine rejoicing at the discovery of a complete new novel by Jane Austen than any other literary discovery,… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was… — Julie Walters Copy Share Image
Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the… — Leslie Fiedler 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
