Quotes of: Jane-austen Keyword

Hugh Laurie (playing Mr. Palmer) felt the line 'Don't palm all your abuses [of language upon me]' was possibly too rude. 'It's in the book,' I said. He didn't hit me.

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

Very nice lady served us drinks in hotel and was followed in by a cat. We all crooned at it. Alan [Rickman] to cat ( ): 'Fuck off.' The nice lady didn't turn a hair. The cat looked slightly embarrassed but stayed.

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone -- making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

All Jane Austen novels have a common storyline: an attractive and virtuous young woman surmounts difficulties to achieve marriage to the man of her choice. This is the age-long convention of the romantic novel, but with Jane Austen, what we have is M...

Talking About Detective Fiction

Landscapes we must owe something to the eye of the beholder.

Jane Austen And Her Art

A clever girl may pass through the phase of foolish miss on the way to sensible woman.

Jane Austen And Her Art

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Jane Austen's Letters

Shooting Willoughby carrying Marianne up the path. ... Male strength -- the desire to be cradled again? ... I'd love someone to pick me up and carry me off. Frightening. Lindsay assures me I'd start to fidget after a while. She's such a comfort.

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

Edward finds Elinor crying for her dead father, offers her his handkerchief and their love story commences. Ang [Lee] very anxious that we think about what we want to . I'm very anxious not to anything and certainly not to think about it.

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

Shooting Willoughby carrying Marianne up the path. They did it four times. 'Faster,' said Ang [Lee]. They do it twice more. 'Don't pant so much,' said Ang. Greg [Wise (playing Willoughby)], to his great credit, didn't scream.

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

This is Earth. Isn't it hot?

Paris Hilton

I'm a hopeless 19th-century romantic.

John Banville

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Some of the most thrilling things in life are done on impulse.

The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen

The underdog winning is the romantic position.

Malcolm Gladwell

So the lover must struggle for words.

T. S. Eliot

The fire alarm went off. Fire engines came racing; we all rushed out on the gravel drive, everyone thinking it was us. In fact, one of the elderly residents of Saltram had left a pan on the oven in her flat. Apparently this happens all the time. The ...

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

We've hired the calmest babies in the world to play the hysterical Thomas. One did finally start to cry but stopped every time Chris [Newman (assistant director)] yelled 'Action'. ... Babies smiled all afternoon. Buddhist babies. They didn't cry once...

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

Jane Austen never did marry. Why doesthat statement call for such reflexive pity? It carries a diferent meaning if we follow it up: Jane Austen never did marry, and therefore she was given the time and perspective to produce books as well-written as ...

The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship

I don't fear death--I fear dying before I've read Dickens end to end.

All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

A story conducted by the time of a clock and calendars alone would be a story not of human beings but of mechanical toys.

Jane Austen And Her Art