I'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro.

- Amy Waldman

I've never got on very well with Jane Austen.

- Anita Brookner

I think it's about as likely Jane Austen was gay as that she was found out to be a man.

- Claire Tomalin

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

- J. K. Rowling

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

- J. K. Rowling

Jane Austen is very amusing.

- James Callis