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title: "2 Austen Quotes By Whit Stillman"
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> [ \[ Lady Susan novel by Jane Austen is\] 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. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/lady-susan-novel-by-jane-austen-is-extremely-difficult-to-adapt-i/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

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> [I can talk about Jane Austen until the cows come home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-can-talk-about-jane-austen-until-the-cows-come-home/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

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## Other authors on Austen

## More by Whit Stillman

> [I think it's really good and helpful to have the people you most admire in some other discipline than what you work in. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-think-it-s-really-good-and-helpful-to-have-the-people-you-most/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [For me, the present is a golden era. That's the greatest golden era. Right now. I just like pining for lost times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/for-me-the-present-is-a-golden-era-that-s-the-greatest-golden-era/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [I decided the moment I graduated from college that I would never wear blue jeans again. And I have never worn blue jeans again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-decided-the-moment-i-graduated-from-college-that-i-would-never-wear/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [I think Austin is read more now than Charles Dickens, and Dickens was much more popular in his day. She endures because of her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-think-austin-is-read-more-now-than-charles-dickens-and-dickens-was/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [I find it really disturbing to be watching a lot of the medium that I'm trying to work in. I prefer to be doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-find-it-really-disturbing-to-be-watching-a-lot-of-the-medium-that-i/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [ I think a lot of \["Cosmopolitans"\] is marked by \[Jerome David\] Salinger. Salinger wouldn't allow his works to be adapted for film after his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-think-a-lot-of-cosmopolitans-is-marked-by-jerome-david-salinger/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [I explained to Amazon that I don't like outlining or projecting what something's going to be. I like to allow a story to arise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-explained-to-amazon-that-i-don-t-like-outlining-or-projecting-what/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [I would say on the other side of the equation that there were really some massive sales and massive enthusiasm for some films that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-would-say-on-the-other-side-of-the-equation-that-there-were-really/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [It becomes a lot better for the actors when we're 'shooting, shooting, shooting,' instead of waiting around in a trailer for something to happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/it-becomes-a-lot-better-for-the-actors-when-we-re-shooting-shooting/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [Find someone hypersocial and crazy and try not to follow them to their doom, but to make friends with their nicer friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/find-someone-hypersocial-and-crazy-and-try-not-to-follow-them-to/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/it-s-terrible-to-write-what-are-essentially-comedies-for-people-with/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [I've had no money, absolutely, from my family. They paid for a good education - or schools that purported to be a good education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/i-ve-had-no-money-absolutely-from-my-family-they-paid-for-a-good/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [For me, there's a bad year of getting started on something. You write bad stuff and it's awkward to throw it out, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/for-me-there-s-a-bad-year-of-getting-started-on-something-you-write/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [There's some people who are just very dynamic about social life, and it can be some pretty crazy stuff, but you end up meeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/there-s-some-people-who-are-just-very-dynamic-about-social-life-and/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

> [“Charlie Black: Fourierism was tried in the late nineteenth century… and it failed. Wasn’t Brook Farm Fourierist? It failed. Tom Townsend: That’s debatable. Charlie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/charlie-black-fourierism-was-tried-in-the-late-nineteenth-century-and/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

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