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"The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you." -
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Top 5 quotes from James Michener
"I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions."
"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'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter."
"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."
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"The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first."
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"The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you."
"Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best."
"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun."
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