E. M. Forster Quotes

I've been fortunate in that I never actually read any Jane Austen until I was thirty, thus sparing myself several decades of the unhappiness of having no new Jane Austen novels to read.

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.

Jane Austen is very amusing.

Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourites.

I mean, I knew of Jane Austen's work, and I guess I'm a fan at a distance insofar as from a literary point of view, it's beautifully written.

I can talk about Jane Austen until the cows come home.

Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world.

'Pride and Prejudice' is often compared to 'Cinderella,' but Jane Austen's real 'Cinderella' tale is 'Mansfield Park.'

I've seen 'Pride and Prejudice' about 4,000 times. I'm not joking: I know every single line.

I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life.

My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's not that cool to hate something just because it's popular.

I must confess that in my teens and twenties, I loved 'Mansfield Park' rather in spite of Fanny than because of her. Like Fanny's rich, sophisticated cousins, I didn't really get her.

Literature has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think back before a time that I didn't love writing and reading. When I was really young, my mother would read poems to me. I loved Edgar Allan Poe - I am sure I didn't understand it, but I loved it.

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.

I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be anything from a biography to a classic - to me every week and ask me to write a piece on what I thought about it. On the other hand, my mother used to love reading thrillers and bestsellers.

I'm a huge fan of 'The Lost Weekend.' I have this dog-eared copy of the 1963 Time Reading Program edition, which was a series of contemporary classics reprinted as a quality paperback.

There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or even necessarily get, my books. That was a hard one to swallow, to not feel slighted by.

I see 'Eligible' as a homage, and I see 'Pride and Prejudice' as a perfect book. You can dispute whether this project is a good idea, but you can't dispute my fondness for the novel.

I am a huge fan of Amitav Ghosh's work. I wish I could meet him.

Anne Elliot was the one Jane Austen character I didn't fall in love with. She seemed sad and defeated.

To be honest, I think Chris Ware is the only person whose books I've actively and consistently purchased for years.

Writing in India will not dramatically change till we learn to value books.

I'm the ayatollah of the Jane Austen fan base! I want to lead the fan base, not be attacked and devoured by the fan base.

I must warn you that the books I like are not necessarily the ones I think are the best. I like them for various reasons not always easy to explain.

Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up.