We ["Mary and Jane"] did not want to be a weed show, like it is a bunch of people sitting around smoking. — Harry Elfont Copy Share Image
The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Take off your coat." "Excuse me?" "Take it off." "No." "I want it off." "Then I suggest you hold your breath. Won't… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Nancy Reagan sort of downplayed that, you know - but she was quite successful. At the time she married Ronald Reagan, I… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
“I do not know what to say, how to tempt you. If you had a price, I would pay it. If you… — Charlotte Featherstone 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
Since There are so many questions about what the president was doing over 30 years ago, what is it that he did… — Jeff Gannon 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
I grew up in the '50s and '60s when Jack Kennedy was president. We would watch him on television. And our teachers… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I knew the black and white version of 'Jane Eyre,' and I guess I became interested in… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Think of anybody - Dostoevsky or Jane Austen - [their work] was always something that now we would call political. So I… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I'd say I'm a pretty intense person. I'm definitely not my Denise character on 'Scrubs,' nor my Jane character on 'Happy Endings,'… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
My personal view is that reading has to be balanced. Obviously, there's a certain amount of reading that we have to do… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
With 'Sin Nombre,' there are parts that I wish were longer. And with 'Jane Eyre' especially, there were parts that I had… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Jane Austen wrote six of the most beloved novels in the English language, we are informed at the end of Becoming Jane,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“To be together is for us to be at once free as in solitude, as gay as in company. We talk, I… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I feel that Jane's is really a vibe and a time. It wasn't like we were the Beatles. We didn't have crafty… — Eric Avery Copy Share Image
I would be curious about one of those Jane Austen women - you know - long-suffering, dutiful - but all right in… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. You know,… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
You would never argue about a straight girl playing a lesbian. Everybody still watched 'The L Word.' I feel like we have… — Kirsten Vangsness Copy Share Image
New content online no longer requires new stories or information, just new ways of linking things to other things. Or as the… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
Before novels written by women were relegated to their own 'genre,' I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
People say to me so often, 'Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
'Emma' is my favorite Jane Austen novel - one of my favorite novels period; a novel about intelligence outsmarting itself, about a… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
A $10 million windfall? At today's prices, I'd feel almost as rich as I did one day in 1936 when I found… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
It's a different thing to write a love story now than in the time of Jane Austen, Eliot, or Tolstoy. One of… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
![“We ["Mary and Jane"] did not want to be a weed show, like it is a bunch of people sitting around smoking.” quote by Harry Elfont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/115/harry-elfont-28944_bunch_we-mary-and-jane-did-not-want-to-be-a-we_2730944.jpg)
![“Take off your coat." "Excuse me?" "Take it off." "No." "I want it off." "Then I suggest you hold your breath. Won't affect me in the slightest, but at least the suffocation will help pass the time for you. [Vishous to Jane]” quote by J.R. Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/205/j-r-ward-148_black-dagger-brother_take-off-your-coat-excuse-me-take-it-off_2815669.jpg)
![“Nancy Reagan sort of downplayed that, you know - but she was quite successful. At the time she married Ronald Reagan, I think she was keenly aware that [Reagan's first wife] Jane Wyman's career had eclipsed Ronald Reagan's, so she was very determined not to have that happen.” quote by Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bd0/cynthia-nixon-3718_careers_nancy-reagan-sort-of-downplayed-that-you_2804428.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)
![“Think of anybody - Dostoevsky or Jane Austen - [their work] was always something that now we would call political. So I don't see those separations too much, between what is artistic and what is political. Maybe in painting... no, I don't even believe that.” quote by Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6cc/toni-morrison-271_artistic_think-of-anybody-dostoevsky-or-jane-aust_2612742.jpg)
