Top 21 Quotes by E. L. James

I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.

I'm not a great writer.

I hate having my photograph taken.

I think women love to read love stories.

I came up with a story and I wrote it.

God forbid that women have fantasies.

If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book.

Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.

I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.

Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.