Jane Austen writes about these humdrum lives with such empathy that they seem endlessly fascinating Votes: 5
Mark HaddonMy role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes. Votes: 3
Joyce Carol OatesAfter all, what's good enough for Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. Votes: 3
Mary Ann Shaffer[On Austen Chamberlain:] He is more loyal to his friends than to his convictions. Votes: 3
Margot AsquithLook at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales. Votes: 3
Andrew DaviesMiss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist. Votes: 3
George SaintsburyAll 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 FowlerEvery 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 LeeI'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro. Votes: 3
Amy WaldmanI'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. WilsonGeneral 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
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