213 Quotes by James A. Michener

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression.

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

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

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

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.

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.

Unless you think you can do better than Tolstoy, we don't need you

The really great writers are people like Emily Bront? who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.

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