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

For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find.
James A. Michener

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.
James A. Michener

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

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.
James A. Michener

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

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.
James A. Michener