Damn good Quote by Richard Curtis

“Oh no! No! Austen’s works merit each of their readings.”

— Vaishnavi Nair K

“(Jane Austen) is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness.”

— Virginia Woolf

“Few novelists can be more scrupulous than Jane Austen as to the phrasing of the thoughts of their characters. ”

— Mary Lascelles

“A lot of aspiring writers quote the right people, but they do so like Mary Bennett in Pride and Prejudice. They quote Austen like…

— Douglas Wilson

“Others beside Jane Austen have made their Eltons, though none quite so cooly as she.”

— Mary Lascelles

“Do not speak unflatteringly of Jane," Flora said, walking beside Chad. "She is the greatest writer to have ever lived." "I thought that was…

— Krista McGee

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." ~ Jane Austen”

— Lisa Lim

[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,…

— Agnieszka Holland

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

Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourites.

— Claudia Winkleman

“People don't say what they mean very often. You have to read between the lines of their behavior, of what they say, to get…

— M.C. Frank

“I cannot imagine a world in which one can read Jane Austen only once.”

— Laurie Viera Rigler