James A. Michener Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 3, 1907 - October 16, 1997

Topics

WritingThinkInterestingYouCareer

People can't stay out of their cars. I do think we have a real problem staying out of our automobiles. We have a real dependency on them, and it may be for more than just transportation.

Steve Forbert

PeopleThinkProblemTransportation

There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.

John Prescott

MeYouSaidYesOutConnect

People think of me as a stereotype: muse, privileged, decorative. Classically, the muses were the inspiration. They'd come and go - they wouldn't actually make things, get their hands dirty. I don't think I'm a muse, although I think I can help pull a trigger. I really like getting my hands dirty.

Amanda Harlech

PeopleMeThinkHelpHandsI Can

To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America.

Tom Vilsack

SafetyStrongAmericaFarmBuild

I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma.

Luis Alberto Urrea

GracePoliticalKarmaThemeWriter

Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable.

Jon Pardi

TwoUnbelievableHaving

As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.

Diablo Cody

WritingSummerKidOverReports

I've created the life I wanted.

Chris Gardner

LifeWantedCreated

With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.

Chris Robinson

TimeExperiencePerceptionYouGoing

I came to realise that string theory offers us the best hope of finding a unified theory of all matter and forces.

Ashoke Sen

HopeBestFindingMatterTheoryUs

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

Arthur Miller

LifeCommitmentManTragedySay

Sometimes I wish I was poetic and subtle. I write very bold and blunt and tell it like it is.

Pink

WishBoldSometimesWriteI Wish

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