I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born … - James A. Michener

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James A. Michener

I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a passionate desire to communicate, to organize experience, to tell tales that dramatize the adventures which readers might have had. I have been that ancient man who sat by the campfire at night and regaled the hunters with imaginative recitations about their prowess. The job of an apple tree is to bear apples. The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.

Adventure, Apple, Dramatize, Jobs, Tree, Writing

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Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

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The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.

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

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If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.

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If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.

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