J. K. Rowling

My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer.

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.