Quotes by E. L. James

About E. L. James:

Erika Mitchell is an English author. She wrote the bestselling erotic romance novels trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed, along with the companion novel Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian.
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If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book.

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Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.

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I'm not a great writer.

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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.

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God forbid that women have fantasies.

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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.

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I think women love to read love stories.

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I think women love a passionate love story.

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I came up with a story and I wrote it.

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I'm looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and getting back to writing.

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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.

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Everyone's clamoring for the fourth book in the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, which makes me laugh. Just the part of 'a fourth book in trilogy' that makes me laugh, not the clamoring for the next book.

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I hate having my photograph taken.

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I see myself as a story teller.

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I value my anonymity. I'm happy to come in on the tube or the train and watch other people reading 'Fifty Shades.'

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Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch television, I didn't go to the cinema. My friends would ring and say: 'What are you doing?' And I would say: 'I've just got to finish this chapter.'

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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.

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I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.

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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.

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I really like clever men who challenge you.

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Author Bio

  • NameE. L. James
  • DescriptionBritish writer
  • AliasesErika Leonard
  • BornMarch 7, 1963
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksFifty Shades Of Gray