Top 21 Quotes by E. L. James

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

I see myself as a story teller.

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

I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.

I'm not a great writer.

Everyone's clamoring for the fourth book in the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, which makes me laugh. Just the part of 'a fourth book in trilogy' that makes me laugh, not the clamoring for the next book.

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.

I value my anonymity. I'm happy to come in on the tube or the train and watch other people reading 'Fifty Shades.'

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

I think women love to read love stories.