I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be writers working eight and ten hours a day and accomplishing little; they want to have been writers, garnering the rewards of having completed a best-seller. They aspire to the rewards of writing but not to the travail.


The World is My Home: A Memoir (ed. Random House Incorporated, 1992) - ISBN: 9780679401346

James A. Michener Quotes

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be writers working...

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be writers working...

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be writers working...

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be writers working...