128 Quotes by P. D. James

Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft.

Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.

The modern holy trinity is money, sex and celebrity.

Every island to a child is a treasure island.

We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for breathing.

I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery.

Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports.

The greatest mystery of all is the human heart,