James Clavell, born Charles Edmund DuMaresq Clavell (10 October 1924 – 6 September 1994) was an Australian-born, British (later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his epic Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.
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“God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.”
—James Clavell (b. 1924)
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—James I of England, James VI of Scotland (1566–1625)
“You’ve committed murder just as much as Hélène did. You killed a fly with a human head, she killed a human with a fly head. If she murdered so did you.”
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