Jane Austen On Writing

"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery."

"I begin already to weigh my words and sentences more than I did, and I am looking about for a sentiment, and illustration or a metaphor in every corner of the room. Could my ideas flow as fast as the rain in the store closet it would be charming."

"I do not write for such dull elves; As have not a great deal or ingenuity themselves."

"An artist cannot do anything slovenly." >>