P.d. James said this quote

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

~ P.d. James

People were excited by violence. What, after all, was the sexual act but a voluntarily endured assault, a momentary death?

~ P.d. James

Learn to write by doing it. Read widely and wisely. Increase your word power. Find your own individual voice though practicing constantly. Go through the world with your eyes and ears open and learn to express that experience in words.

~ P.d. James

All Jane Austen novels have a common storyline: an attractive and virtuous young woman surmounts difficulties to achieve marriage to the man of her choice. This is the age-long convention of the romantic novel, but with Jane Austen, what we have is Mills & Boon written by a genius.

~ P.d. James