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James Clavell on Memorial Day

1924–1994 Australia

← All quotes by James Clavell

4 quotes

I'm going to get that bloody bastard if I die in the attempt.

King Rat (1962)

These men too were criminals. Their crime was vast. They had lost a war. And they had lived.

King Rat (1962)

Of course wars are fought by teenagers. Do you realize that? They really should be fought by the politicians and the old people who start these wars.

interview with Don Swaim of CBS Radio (1986)

Changi for me — of course it's easy to be wise after the event, and to discuss it cleverly after the event — was about as near as you can get to being dead and still be alive.

Interview with Don Swaim (1986)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Clavell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.