James A. Michener

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

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

I really think the most important thing I do is to protect the dignity and the integrity of the Office of the Surgeon General.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.