Quotes about James A Michener

They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.

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There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

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The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and...

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The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of...

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The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.

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If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit...

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I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

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I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a...

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I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely...

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I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want...

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For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they...

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

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