I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution.
“Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen.”
“I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.”