I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war agains…

- P. D. James

No literary form is more revealing, more spontaneous or more individual than a letter.

- P. D. James

It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably wiser to get ou…

- P. D. James

When I heard, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, I thought, Did he fall or was he pushed?

- P. D. James

Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.

- P. D. James

Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.

- P. D. James

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

- P. D. James

Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. The greater your vocabulary the more ­effective your writing. We who write in Engl…

- P. D. James

A picnic may well be a metaphor for life. The essentials for happiness are the right company, moderate if sanguine expectations and a reasonable stan…

- P. D. James