Quotes by : James A. Michener

What did I learn in my travels? In whatever foreign country I visited I met dreamers who longed to reach....

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes....

The South Pacific is not a paradise, in the sense that Eden wasn't either. There are always apples and....

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

Very early on in life, I decided the hell with it: material things weren't for me. Christmas would come,....

Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers.....

It took her three seconds-one, two, three-to know that her destiny required her to join this man, and....

I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere....

To travel across Spain and finally to reach Barcelona is like drinking a respectable red wine and finishing....

Writers turn dreams into print.