James Michener
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James Michener
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
James Michener
America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.
James 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…
James 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 Michener
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
James Michener
If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.