“I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' ...” — E. L. James Quote

“I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.”

“God forbid that women have fantasies.”

“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.”

“I wrote a tennis book about Chris Evert and her then-husband, John Lloyd. It was called 'Lloyd on Lloyd' and became a No 1 bestseller.”

“Something happened when the memoirs of so-called ordinary people, like myself, suddenly hit the bestseller list.”

“Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to write every day, but I know a writer (a bestseller at that!) who only writes on weekends.”