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Quotes from Time to be Earnest – a Fragment of Biography — P. D. James

1920–2014 England

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Every novelist write what he or she needs to write, a subconscious compulsion to express and explain his unique view of reality.

Time to be Earnest – a Fragment of Biography (1999)

The intention of any novelist must surely be to make that straight avenue to the human heart.

Time to be Earnest – a Fragment of Biography (1999)

I don't see why escapist literature should not also be a work of art.

Time to be Earnest – a Fragment of Biography (1999)

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