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.

The spiritual life becomes very simple when you're sick.

Even the God of Calvin never judged anyone as harshly as married couples judge each other.

If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.

Scott Fitzgerald is a sound you like to hear at certain times of the day, say at four in the afternoon and again late at night, and at other times it makes you slightly sick.

Mushy reviews are a breach of faith

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find.