E. L. James Quotes

• My life would be empty without you.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Romance

• You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Love

• I hug him tightly. “I can’t imagine my life without you, Christian. I love you so much it frightens me.” “Me, too,” he breathes. “My life would be empty without you. I love you so much.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Life, Love

  Tags in World, Imagination

• Don’t get your panties in such a twist… and give me back mine.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Life

• Sometimes I wonder if there’s something wrong with me. Perhaps I’ve spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Expectation

• I paint a slice of life, whatever it is that day.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Life

• 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.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Children, Job

• 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.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Experience

  Tags in Married, Book

• I’ve set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Storytelling

• I’m not a great writer.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Great, Writer

• I’m looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and getting back to writing.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in House, Writing

• I think women love to read love stories.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Women

• I really like clever men who challenge you.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Clever

  Tags in Men

• I came up with a story and I wrote it.

  E. L. James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Story

E. L. James (14)

Birth:	7th March, 1963
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Novelist

About

Erika Mitchell known by her pen name E. L. James was born in London, England. She is an English novelist. She wrote the bestselling erotic romance novels trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed, along with the companion novel Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian. In 2012, Time magazine named her one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People."

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