Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.
P. D. JamesCan we ever break free of the devices and desires of our own hearts? Might not our conscience be telling us what we most want to hear?
P. D. JamesIt's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably wiser to get out, if only to preserve your sanity.
P. D. JamesThe world of the terminally ill is the world of neither the living nor the dead. I have watched others since I watched my father, and always with a sense of their strangeness. They sit and speak, and are spoken to, and listen, and even smile, but in spirit they have already moved away from us and there is no way we can enter their shadowy no-manโs-land.
P. D. James