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
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
If I hadn't read all of Jane Austen and DH Lawrence, Tolstoy and Proust, as well as the more fun stuff, I… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“Well,if there's nothing else you ladies need in the library, Sophie, would you care to accompany me on a walk about the… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
“It is not accidental that the most unsympathetic characters in Austen's novels are those who are incapable of genuine dialogue with others.… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
[Art] would have helped us survive in the Pleistocene - in the period, say, 1.6 million years ago until fairly recently. The… — Denis Dutton 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
I once rented the Georgian town house that Jane Austen lived in down by the Holburne Museum - so I lived in… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Fpr ome aftermppm a week leading up to the formal, the entire senior school body would pile into our massive gymnasium and… — David Burton Copy Share Image
“There was nothing “bright and sparkling” about this one. It was subdued, almost melancholy. Heroine Anne Elliot, perhaps my favorite of the… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“Pride and Prejudice opens with one of the most famous sentences ever written: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single… — Catherine Reef Copy Share Image
“There are books that speak to us of our own lives with a clarity we cannot match. They prevent the morose suspicion… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Jane Austen was born before those bonds which (we are told) protected women from the truth were burst by the Brontës or… — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of giving Eligible a feminist flavor. While I do think that in Pride and Prejudice, Liz Bennet is… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
It has been suggested that Tiptree is female, a theory that I find absurd, for there is to me something ineluctably masculine… — Robert Silverberg Copy Share Image
“A lot of aspiring writers quote the right people, but they do so like Mary Bennett in Pride and Prejudice. They quote… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was… — Frances O'Connor Copy Share Image
[Henry] James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That's why it's not so easy to adapt him. People expect a nice… — Agnieszka Holland 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
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings… — Louise Bay Copy Share Image
I think I made a mistake with [Jane] Austen by reading all six in a row. There are similarities to the plots… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
“Gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough, to forgive all the petulance and acrimony… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
I did a cover for 'Rolling Stone' the other day and it was a kind of crazy lack of outfit. I thought,… — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image
One of the less vaunted joys of Austen is that she is one of the greatest writers in the English language who… — Alessandra Stanley 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
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
“Jane Austen, who is said to be Shakespearian, never reminds us of Shakespeare, I think, in her full-dress portraits, but she does… — A.C. Bradley Copy Share Image
Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“Do not speak unflatteringly of Jane," Flora said, walking beside Chad. "She is the greatest writer to have ever lived." "I thought… — Krista McGee Copy Share Image
From a plot perspective, what I finally found for my touchstone was that I consider 'Upside' to be a loose telling of… — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have… — Tamsin Egerton Copy Share Image
Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me… — Meg Cabot 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
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
Jane Austin was a complete and most sensible lady, but a very incomplete and rather insensible (not senseless) woman. If this is… — Charlotte Bronte 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
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
“A simple creature unlettyrde. Julian of Norwich called herself. The most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.… — David Markson Copy Share Image
![“[Art] would have helped us survive in the Pleistocene - in the period, say, 1.6 million years ago until fairly recently. The kind of imaginative abilities that artists have and that we all have in the appreciation of art - to appreciate Jane Austen, the late quartets of Beethoven.” quote by Denis Dutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f8/denis-dutton-31778_ability_art-would-have-helped-us-survive-in-the_2609177.jpg)
![“For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking…” quote by Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/654/rebecca-solnit-569_austen_for-jane-austen-and-the-readers-of-pride_2924842.jpg)
![“[Henry] James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That's why it's not so easy to adapt him. People expect a nice period piece, but that's not always the case. There's a deep human mystery in his work.” quote by Agnieszka Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ae/agnieszka-holland-70054_austen_henry-james-is-much-more-complex-than-ja_2734818.jpg)
![“I think I made a mistake with [Jane] Austen by reading all six in a row. There are similarities to the plots so by the time I got to the last one I could anticipate what was happening too easily. But her characterizations are amazing.” quote by Stephen Dobyns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb6/stephen-dobyns-13599_anticipate_i-think-i-made-a-mistake-with-jane-auste_3185180.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)
