Quotes by James A Michener

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people...

#Age, #Funny

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

#Writers

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many...

#Writers

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country...

#Writers

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

#Courage, #Fear

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with...

#Emotion, #Writing

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people,...

#Food

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

#James A Michener

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

#James A Michener

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

#James A Michener

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

#James A Michener

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

#James A Michener