Jane Austen writes about these humdrum lives with such empathy that they seem endlessly fascinating — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I went to Jane Fonda for literally everything. During Mermaids, we were staying in the same building, so she was… — Winona Ryder 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 was once doing a question and answer period with the novelist Jane Smiley in a bookstore and someone asked us what… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
There is a song of Gainsbourg that Jane Birkin sang, and the words are beautiful in French. It says, "Le jeu et… — Agnes Varda 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
“But all I can come up with is: 'See you, Mr. Musker. And Thank you.' Words that are too small because there… — Kelly Bingham Copy Share Image
'Jane Eyre,' when I think of that book, it conjures up the best moments of college English courses. Literature is extraordinary, especially… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
I learned so much from Jane Lynch. She was the funniest and most talented person. She taught me so much about being… — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
Baby Jane' is a tune, what a sax solo. And The Faces' 'Stay With Me' is amazing. — Edith Bowman Copy Share Image
You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I've been… — Melanie Griffith Copy Share Image
We did want it ["Mary and Jane"] to feel a little different and have some surreal weird touches, which we try to… — Harry Elfont Copy Share Image
Just as Bowie, Zeppelin, etc., became rock stars by remaking themselves in the image of the California girls, the Go-Gos became rock… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Jane Monheit is skyrocketing up the jazz charts. By next year, we won't be able to get her. — Jane Monheit 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
The lovely thing is, if Marvel had a Spider-Man movie over at Sony or something, they own the rights to the character,… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
When I decided to do 'Mary + Jane,' one of the things that I was most excited about was the demographic that… — Jessica Rothe 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
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
Being second generation in Hollywood is complicated: Success is expected, and yet the track record of the second generation is not great.… — Kirk Douglas 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
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
I've sort of had an investigatory relationship with being a musician. I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do. I felt… — Eric Avery 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