Jane Quotes

289 quotes by 203 authors

I always say that the characters in Jane Austen's original books are rather like zombies because they live in this bubble of immense wealth and… — Seth Grahame-Smith
I grew up with 'Jane Eyre,' reading it at school, and it's one of those, I think, for a lot of women, a lot of… — Sally Hawkins
It has been suggested that Tiptree is female, a theory that I find absurd, for there is to me something ineluctably masculine about Tiptreeâ€™s writing.… — Robert Silverberg
I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I… — Carolina Herrera
It's very difficult to get your ideas to Hollywood if you're the average Joe or Jane. An agent wouldn't bother with you. — Bruce Nash
When you talk to young girls these days about their role modles, very few mention a chemist like Madame Curie or an astrophysicist and astronaut… — W. Ann Reynolds
Everyday epiphanies encourage us to cherish everything. Today a new sun has risen. Everything lives. Everything can speak to your soul passionately if you will… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Jane Austen writes about these humdrum lives with such empathy that they seem endlessly fascinating — Mark Haddon
Upon accepting her Oscar for "Julia," 1978: "My dear colleagues, I thank you very very much for this tribute to my work. I think that… — Vanessa Redgrave
I mean, Jane Wyman did a lot of silly parts for years and then all of a sudden went serious and was tremendous. — Cleo Moore
The latest gorgeous entry in the Belknap Press' growing library of annotated Jane Austen novels arrives, this time the mighty Emma under the exactingly careful… — Steve Donoghue
The phrase "singular incredible life" seems to me that it applies more appropriately to Jane Goodall or David Attenborough, people I regard with awe and… — Merrill Markoe
Lazy Line Painter Jane - it was an insane way to make a record! It was just in a church hall, no separate rooms for… — Stevie Jackson
The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? — Bette Davis
I'll leave the swearing to the Jane Fondas. — Irene Dunne
When I'm an old lady, I'm going to have my pick of the young men. They'll be like, 'She's Miss Mary Jane!' The young boys… — Kirsten Dunst
Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not… — Leslie Fiedler
When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father. — Peter Fonda
Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen. — Mark Haddon
I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics. — Tippi Hedren

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