James A. Michener Quotes

The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

I want to believe humanity has not forgotten how to explore.

I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before.

Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.

You'll find the future wherever people are having the most fun.

I've taken a lot of risks through the years, but I always followed my instincts and always explored new opportunities. The biggest reward has been having an idea and being able to make it a reality. My passions always lead the way - travel and adventure, fitness, art, and home.

When the new becomes commonplace, people become accustomed to it. That's a tribute to our sense of adventure.

If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.

I love to experiment and take every opportunity as a challenge.

One of our things is that money follows; it does not lead. So we want people that are fired up and passionate about their mission... and people that aren't so married to spreadsheets and thinking that kind of voodoo controls the future. Because it doesn't.

I like challenges, and thus, I keep trying something different and new every time. And these challenges and interests turn into passion.

I just want to keep challenging myself and keep, like, trying new things.

I don't want to play old music. To me, it is fighting battles that are already over and calling yourself a warrior. For me, I see no courage or adventure in doing the old thing over again. If others want to, that's for them. For myself, I have to move on. Life is too short to live in the past. There is a lot to be done.

If children are not permitted-not taught-to be adventurers and explorers as children, what will become of the world...?

Art is a form of exploration, of sailing off into the unknown alone, heading for those unmarked places on the map. If children are not permitted-not taught-to be adventurers and explorers as children, what will become of the world of adventure, of stories, of literature itself?

It's very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it's done by the seat of your pants. There's a kind of nervy element about it.

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.

It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier.

A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.

Risk is an essential part of progress.

Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, and really big discoveries are the result of thought.