Wilfrid Sheed

God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, and still be indecently rich.

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.

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.

Every writer is a writer of the generation before.

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.

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

The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities.