Accepted Quote by Jennifer Coolidge

The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers.

— Harold Bloom

Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourites.

— Claudia Winkleman

I've always loved Jane Austen's writing.

— Lily Collins

I love that topic, the whole relationship thing, and I think that's why I love all this stuff, the Jane Austen stuff.

— Jennifer Coolidge

People love Jane Austen, even though those books are absurd to us, because we like the clarity of it: we can see very clearly…

— Nick Hornby

Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance…

— Tamsin Egerton

“How to explain the sheer tingling joy one experiences when two interesting, complex, and occasionally aggravating characters have at last settled their misunderstandings and…

— Margaret C. Sullivan

“I was convinced I felt as strongly about Jane Austen's books as Ashleigh had ever felt about any of her crazes, but my love…

— Polly Shulman

“[Jane] Austen was not a novelist for nothing: she knew that our stories are what make us human, and that listening to someone else's…

— William Deresiewicz

“Austen's works have endured because she had a superb narrative technique and a gift for creating characters who feel as real as life itself.…

— Syrie James

Jane Austen is very amusing.

— James Callis

Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like…

— Anna Quindlen