My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes.
I did a cover for 'Rolling Stone' the other day and it was a kind of crazy lack of outfit. I thought, 'Oh, Lord. I'm never going to be Jane Austen in a film now!' 'Cause that's what I'd really like to do.
Jane's Addiction has only put out new music when our hearts were in and when we had something to say creatively.
Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of.
Life's short, so if you're going to spend months doing something, it's gotta be pretty special... But I'm very happy to enter my Baby Jane years, and hopefully segue into the Ruth Gordon years.
I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectual duel between Rochester and Jane Eyre's character, is so compelling that you didn't have to do much with the placement of cameras.
On April 3, 2014, Jane Goodall turned 80. The iconic blond ponytail has gone gray, but the sparkle of intelligence, sly humor, and fierce dedication still shines from her hazel eyes.
When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.
Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen.