“It has been suggested that Tiptree is female, a theory that I find absurd, for there is to me something ineluctably masculine about Tiptree’s writing. I don’t think the novels of Jane Austen could have been written by a man nor the stories of Ernest Hemingway by a woman, and in the same way I believe the author of the James Tiptree stories is male.” ThinkingMenWayWritingBelieveHas BeensStoriesI BelieveNovelWrittenTheoryFemaleMalesAbsurdMasculineCould Have BeenJaneAusten Author:Robert Silverberg
“I was in Los Angeles making 'Dead Again' and the producer, Lindsay Doran , asked me if I'd be interested in adapting this book, .. Austen is my favorite author and I thought, 'Well, of course, I'd be very interested, but I don't know how. I don't know where to start, A, writing a screenplay and B, sort of adapting it from a great novel.” IfsKnowsWritingWellsBookCoursesNovelKnow HowMy FavoriteProducersLos AngelesScreenplaysAdaptabilityAdaptingAustenGreat Novels Author:Emma Thompson
“Jane Austen writes about these humdrum lives with such empathy that they seem endlessly fascinating” WritingSeemsEmpathyFascinatingJaneAustenHumdrum Author:Mark Haddon