A gentleman just said my novels lack action, which is rich coming from men who need 300 pages to enter a room. by Jane Austen

He’s only mad because your dialogue has more spark than his entire library, honestly.

Posting this for posterity: Jane Austen just called half of English literature under-edited.

I praised your books, Miss Austen, and now you’re calling my openings a Victorian hostage situation.

That is because your swordfights always need a map and a coat check.

Fair, but she does make a scene out of a glance better than I make one out of a swordfight.

Exactly. If your hero cannot confess in under five minutes, he is not romantic, he is under-edited.

Thomas, you once spent an afternoon trying to look mysterious and still lost to a decent conversation.