A biography for Jane Goldmanhasn’t been written yet.
“All English people have a fascination with Jack the Ripper. I don't know why, because it's so dreadful, but such a strange, endearing part of our culture. Morbid fascination sums it up.”
“The only moment I become aware of being the only woman in a meeting is when actresses are being discussed. If someone's critical of how a woman looks, they turn to me and apologize.”
“I love Vivienne Westwood - she designs for womanly shapes.”
“It's really weird because my house is very ornate, but my writing lair is very, very blank. It's white, the furniture is white. It gives me nothing to look at, so I just have to concentrate!”
“A lot of people use the phrase 'underage violence,' which, to me, is meaningless.”
“'Stardust' ended up being my first film in 2007.”
“Always build. If you start at fever pitch, there's nowhere to go.”
“There is always a reverence issue, and I'm no different from any audience member that if someone's adapting a book or comic that I like, I really don't want them to screw it up.”
“A friend of mine, Neil Gaiman, had the film rights to his book 'Stardust' bought by producer Matthew Vaughn and suggested I adapt it for the screen.”
“When it's something you really adore, I think you don't want to be the one who accidentally writes a crap episode.”
“I've yet to meet a bitter teenager. Bitterness, jealousy and jadedness, I think, are the most unattractive qualities in a person, and unfortunately they do seem to come with age.”
“I came to comic books when I was about 15.”
“I really enjoy the company of my kids... I'm not one of those people who goes 'Yeah, my kids are my mates', that's a dreadful kind of mother, but I'm fortunate that there are times that they do want me around, and I feel lucky that they let me into their world.”
“I've always loved science fiction, fantasy, manga, comic books; so I guess, to some degree, those things influence my personal idea of what looks nice, which definitely isn't everyone else's.”
“I pretty much always wanted to be a writer.”
“I always was passionate about science fiction and horror, and my parents enjoyed that as well.”
“Honestly, I think most directors are about, 'Let's do the most fun and effective thing here and figure out how afterwards.'”