P. D. James
P. D. James
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL, known as P. D. James, was an English crime writer. She rose to fame for her series of detective novels starring police commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth3 August 1920
P. D. James quotes about
new-experiences people mind
Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted.
funny-friendship war forgiving
We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
writing world language
We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.
realization might peculiar
Unnatural death always provoked a peculiar unease, an uncomfortable realization that there were still some things that might not be susceptible to bureaucratic control.
prejudice letters may
A letter is paradoxically the most revealing and the most deceptive of confessional revelations. We all have our inconsistencies, prejudices, irrationalities which, although strongly felt at the time, may be transitory. A letter captures the mood of the moment. The transitory becomes immutably fixed, part of the evidence for the prosecution or the defence.
love-always
Love, always love. Perhaps that’s what we’re all looking for.
skulls skins facts
I knew the facts of death before I knew the facts of life. There never was a time when I didn't see the skull beneath the skin.