Famous Quotes & Sayings

William F. Buckley, Jr.

One doesn't read Jane Austen; one re-reads Jane Austen.

Gurinder Chadha

Once I started writing the screenplay of 'Bride & Prejudice,' I was convinced Jane Austen was a Punjabi in her previous birth.

Robert Bernstein

It is young love. It is Jane Austen in love, something you've never seen before, a complete departure from the usual oblique portrait of her as a spinster.

Mary McCarthy

I am for the ones who represent sense, and so was Jane Austen.

Karen Joy Fowler

Each of us has a private Austen.

Gary Swenson

They got the feature quarterback in the state in Austen Arnaud. He can take a game over. You know they'll be improved. You will see him excel because they will have a better surrounding cast.

Val McDermid

I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets to the endgame too quickly. So I will be working on those things.

Helen Thompson

Austen is a really beautiful writer when it comes to narrative and dialogue. Her writing is beautiful and elegant. As a novelist, she's one of the best.

Helen Thompson

Austen has a strong feminist vision of marital happiness. And that was a radical viewpoint for its time.

Claire Tomalin

I think it's about as likely Jane Austen was gay as that she was found out to be a man.

Alexis Smith

There are so many more interesting things to think about than whether Ida Lupino or Jane Wyman got the roles I should have gotten.

JJ Feild

Before 'Austenland,' I got do a lead role in 'Northanger Abbey', which is Jane Austen. Growing up in England, you can't really ignore Jane Austen. It's always been there.

Rev. Barham

The Lady Jane was tall and slim, / The Lady Jane was fair.

Clive Sinclair

As Annie Proulx is to Wyoming, so is Jane Candia Coleman to Arizona.

David Sutcliffe

Acting-wise, I haven't done a lot of comedy, so I would love to work with Jane Lynch. I think she's hilarious.

Richard Griffiths

I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.

Larry Martin

When we lived in Memphis, Jane and I often talked about moving to Knoxville when we retired.