“ Where, indeed? Captain Vincent Reed had been born in the city of Richmond, Virginia, of northern parents who were stationed there by the telegraph company. He had attended West Point and he thought he… James A. Michener
“ A soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor. James A. Michener
“ It took her three seconds-one, two, three-to know that her destiny required her to join this man, and his gun and his wagon, and his waiting horses. She had no conception of what was being asked of he… 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 w… James A. Michener
“ Very early on in life, I decided the hell with it: material things weren't for me. Christmas would come, and other kids would have all these presents, and it wouldn't bother me a bit. James A. Michener
“ I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What did they do with her hockey stick? James A. Michener
“ I have often been mildly amused when I think that the great American novel was not written about New England or Chicago. It was written about a white whale in the South Pacific. James A. Michener
“ You have to be eligible for luck to strike and I think that's a matter of education and preparation and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at. James A. Michener
“ Ибо, когда у людей горит в сердцах религиозная ярость, на глаза их в то же время спускается завеса слепоты. James A. Michener
“ Of all the men who were photographed that day, the chief’s life had come closest to the American ideal, closest in observing the principles on which this nation had been founded. He was immeasurably g… James A. Michener
“ I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. James A. Michener
“ No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure. James A. Michener
“ An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. James A. Michener
“ The great writers, Conrad, Maugham and Melville, spent only a few years in the South Seas, but their memory of those waters was indestructible; for the nature of life in the islands commands attention… James A. Michener
