My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes. Votes: 4
Joyce Carol OatesLook at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales. Votes: 4
Andrew DaviesI always loved the style of Jean Seberg, Jane Birkin and Marilyn Monroe. Votes: 3
Helena ChristensenI could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell. Votes: 3
Richard GriffithsBlue. My name's Blue Sargent.' 'Blair?' 'Blue.' 'Blaize?' Blue sighed. 'Jane Votes: 3
Maggie StiefvaterLittle Jane's love would have been my best reward, without it, my heart is broken. Votes: 3
Charlotte BronteA hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. Votes: 3
Ronald ReaganJane Austen writes about these humdrum lives with such empathy that they seem endlessly fascinating Votes: 3
Mark HaddonHis gift is slower than Jane's. It creeps. It will touch us in a few seconds. Votes: 3
Stephenie MeyerI feel it's like being a kid and dressing up, because that's what Baby Jane is. Votes: 3
Millicent MartinWe were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous. Votes: 3
Robert PatrickBeast?" Jane murmured. "Then God make me a beast; for, man or beast, I am yours. Votes: 3
Edgar Rice BurroughsWho do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away. Votes: 3
David NichollsIt is not like every episode [of "Mary and Jane"] people are sitting around getting high. Votes: 3
Deborah KaplanThat's it. With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane's Addiction experiment is at an end. Votes: 3
Eric AveryI write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade. Votes: 3
Perry FarrellI hear you're losing weight again, Mary Jane. Do you ever wonder who you're losing it for? Votes: 3
Alanis MorissetteAll reading is good reading. And all reading of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens is sublime reading. Votes: 3
Anna QuindlenIt was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding. Votes: 3
Karen Joy FowlerI used the name Jane Roe because I didnt want my personal name to be involved in it. Votes: 3
Norma McCorveyI used the name Jane Roe because I didn't want my personal name to be involved in it. Votes: 3
Norma McCorveyEvery time I read a Jane Austen novel, I feel like a bartender at the gates of heaven. Votes: 3
Mark Twain...in other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama Interview - March 1964 Votes: 3
Harper LeeRochester: My bride is here, because my equal is here, and my likeness. Jane, will you marry me? Votes: 3
Charlotte BronteI love to direct my daughter, and act with her, and we both want to work with Jane again. Votes: 3
Peter FondaI'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro. Votes: 3
Amy WaldmanDrunk, Jane spoke as though she were Nancy Drew. I was a fool for a girl with a dainty lexicon. Votes: 3
Michael ChabonI keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gun. Votes: 3
Taye DiggsIt is just fun to play with [in "Mary and Jane"]. I think our sense of humor tends to go that way. Votes: 3
Harry ElfontI've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table. Votes: 3
A. N. WilsonJane Monheit is skyrocketing up the jazz charts. By next year, we won't be able to get her. Votes: 3
Jane MonheitGeneral benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. Votes: 3 Jane Austen
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. Votes: 3 Jane Austen
My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes. Votes: 4 Joyce Carol Oates
Reading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most influential book. But, under an interrogation light I would probably have to say 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte. Votes: 1 Ann-Marie MacDonald
Being second generation in Hollywood is complicated: Success is expected, and yet the track record of the second generation is not great. Only a small group of us, like Jane Fonda, have succeeded. Votes: 4 Kirk Douglas
The crown is not my right, and pleaseth me not. The Lady Mary is the rightful heir. Votes: 2 Jane Grey
I'm totally in love with Jane Austen and have always been in love with Jane Austen. I did my dissertation at university on black people in eighteenth-century Britain - so I'd love to do a Jane Austen-esque film but with black people. Votes: 3 Naomie Harris
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Votes: 3 Jane Austen
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 will think I'm a hot old lady. Votes: 6 Kirsten Dunst