Miss Bennet, I am quite aware of your superior talent for cutting down the Lord's forsaken flock. I merely mean to spare your gown.' Thank you,' said Elizabeth, composing herself, 'but I should rather my gown be soiled than my honor.

I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect.

And I like a mouse who has taken a cat for its tutor.

On the contrary, there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks. And there is something of dignity in the way his trousers cling to those most English parts of him.

If you're Stephen King and you have a massive body of huge-selling well-respected work, you can pivot and do whatever you want. I don't have that body of work, I don't have that audience that's comfortable with me enough yet to follow my bliss with me.

But I am happy. And happiness, I have decided, is a noble ambition.

What makes a good book and what makes a good movie are totally different things.