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 think it's about as likely Jane Austen was gay as that she was found out to be a man. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are some writers who wrote too much. There are others who wrote enough. There are yet others who wrote nothing like… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
Because I've a track record of talking about books I never write, in Australia they think I'm about to write a book… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and… — Jessica Brown Findlay 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
“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 remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature. — Anne Stevenson 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
“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
Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
And I love Jane Austen's use of language too--the way she takes her time to develop a phrase and gives it room… — Andrew Clements Copy Share Image
They're always such alive females. And also, all those love stories - no man in Austen has ever fallen in love with… — Anna Maxwell Martin 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
As blue chips turn into penny stocks, Wall Street seems less like a symbol of America's macho capitalism and more like that… — Maureen Dowd 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
So perhaps the correct conclusion is that Green was less attuned to how people sound when they speak - the actual words… — Francine Prose 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
Well, I'm drawn to stuff that is darker. I will probably do a version of Jane Austen at some point because her… — Robert Sikoryak Copy Share Image
You only need to look at Jane Austen to see how crossed wires can become a defining aspect of romantic life. Then… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
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