I think Austin is read more now than Charles Dickens, and Dickens was much more popular in his day. She endures because of her classicism.

I call the '70s the "golden age of television"; in the early '70s there were sensationally good shows.

I can talk about Jane Austen until the cows come home.

For me, the present is a golden era. That's the greatest golden era. Right now. I just like pining for lost times.

I think it's helpful to aspire to make films if you feel that other people are not doing what you want to do.

[ Lady Susan novel by Jane Austen is] extremely difficult to adapt. I worked on it for years, for, like, ten years, before I started showing it to people. This was my back-burner project.

I would say on the other side of the equation that there were really some massive sales and massive enthusiasm for some films that were given big releases. And I'm not really sure that happens in quite the same way, small films getting big releases. Maybe it still does, I don't know.