E. L. James Quotes
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I'm not a great writer.
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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
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I hate having my photograph taken.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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Everyone's clamoring for the fourth book in the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, which makes me laugh. Just the part of 'a fourth book in trilogy' that makes me laugh, not the clamoring for the next book.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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God forbid that women have fantasies.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
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Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch television, I didn't go to the cinema. My friends would ring and say: 'What are you doing?' And I would say: 'I've just got to finish this chapter.'
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I'm a bit of a control freak.
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I'm looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and getting back to writing.
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Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.
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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years.
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I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.
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I really like clever men who challenge you.
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Men aren't really complicated. They are very simple, literal creatures. They usually mean what they say. And we spend hours trying to analyze what they've said, when really it's obvious.
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Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.
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If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book.
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I value my anonymity. I'm happy to come in on the tube or the train and watch other people reading 'Fifty Shades.'
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I think women love to read love stories.
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I vowed I would bring you solace in time of need. Please don't make me break my vows.