James A. Michener: Writer

James A. Michener was American author. Explore interesting quotes on writer.
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“Writers turn dreams into print.”

James A. Michener

Source: Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing

Dreams

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

James A. Michener

As quoted in "The Michener Phenomenon" by Caryn James in The New York Times (8 September 1985)

People , Imagination

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

James A. Michener

"A Spelunker in the Caves of History" in Modern Maturity (August 1985)

Idea , Country

“I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.”

James A. Michener

As quoted in The Observer (26 November 1989)

“Only another writer, someone who had worked his heart out on a good book which sold three thousand copies, could appreciate the thrill that overcame me one April morning in 1973 when Dean Rivers of our small college in Georgia appeared at my classroom door.”

James A. Michener book Centennial

Centennial (1974) First lines

Books , Appearance , Heart