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James A. Michener Quotes

James A. Michener quotes

American Novelist February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997

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James A. Michener quote: "If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing..."
If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it. James A. Michener
Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference. James A. Michener
[Very rich people] with brains make a great effort to hold on to every penny they have while preaching to the general population that freedom and dignity and patriotism are possible only under their protection; in this way they elicit the support of the very people they hold in subjection. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "We seek God so earnestly, Eliav reflected, not to find Him but..."
We seek God so earnestly, Eliav reflected, not to find Him but to discover ourselves. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine,..."
An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter."
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them. James A. Michener
The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination. James A. Michener
I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "Writers turn dreams into print."
Writers turn dreams into print. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "When this is over, I'm not going to be the same guy. I'm going..."
When this is over, I'm not going to be the same guy. I'm going to live as if I were a great man. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "For this is the journey that men make, to find themselves. If..."
For this is the journey that men make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much what else they find. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "Unless you think you can do better than Tolstoy, we don’t need..."
Unless you think you can do better than Tolstoy, we don’t need you. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by..."
They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men. James A. Michener
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains. James A. Michener

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