Every day you play with the light of the universe.

Like them you are tall and taciturn, and you are sad, all at once, like a voyage.

I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.

Tonight I can write the saddest linesI loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.

I am no longer in love with her, that's certain, but maybe I love her. Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

It was at that agethat poetry came in search of me.

Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero tal vez la quiero.Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olvido.

It is the hour of departure, the hard cold hour which the night fastens to all timetables.

English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.

Because otherwise you would have to let them in, let them change your life, and it’s scary and unpredictable and unsafe – at least, that’s what we all think.

If a story is w/out flaws or doubts, it is flattery or even brainwashing. You should read it as if drinking a glass of water. But be prepared - you would not remember its taste.

Crewing and being on film sets is kind of like being in the carnival, with carnie folks.

Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?

Give up being right. Instead radiate peace, harmony, love, and laughter from your heart.

I like rock & roll, and I don't like much else.

Chronic disease like a troublesome relative is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape.

Stop all your eyes at this time Right now, I'm electric heart

Mr Michener, as timeless as a stack of 'National Geographics,' is the ultimate Summer Writer. Just as one goes back to the cottage in Maine, so one goes back to one's Michener.