James M. Barrie
James M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OMwas a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth9 May 1860
James M. Barrie quotes about
jealousy wedding wish
That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
long littles fairy
Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them
pirate weapons lovable
One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon.
knowledge knowing-everything age
I am not young enough to know everything.