"Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their……" — 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."
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68 Quotes by James A. Michener
James A. Michener has 68 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it…
- It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.
- I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains…
- When I was a child in the Navy during World War II, I was perennially grateful to the armed services…
- As a younger man I wrote for eight years without ever earning a nickel which is a long apprenticeship, but…
- I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most…
- I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of…
- The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.
- You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out.
- I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a…
- The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited…
- Creative geniuses are a slap-happy lot. Treat Them with respect.