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I don’t think writers choose their genre, the genre chooses us. I wrote out of a wish to create order out of disorder. The liking of pattern.

P.D. James (b. 1920) British mystery writer [Phyllis Dorothy James White]
Interview with Jake Kerridge (Sep 2009)

Added on 11-Jan-12 | Last updated 11-Jan-12
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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

P.D. James (b. 1920) British mystery writer [Phyllis Dorothy James White]
Interview, Face (Dec 1986)

Added on 8-Apr-08 | Last updated 8-Apr-08
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