“I'm just a guy up on a hill writing.” — James A. Michener Quote

I'm just a guy up on a hill writing.

For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find.

I have only one bit of advice to the beginning writer: Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.

When I first pitched my Navy tent on the island of Espiritu Santo to the north of Vila, the natives on nearby Malakula were cannibals. Today, they have representation in the United Nations.

When I first started snowboarding, there weren't a lot of girl riders on the hill.

I met Taylor Lautner and Jonah Hill at the 'Today Show.' That was pretty cool.

Kids think of us as being totally over the hill.

My favorite singer is Lauryn Hill - all time, hands down. She was my biggest inspiration growing up.

I feel like I lived my life in one of three places: at Indian Hill Park, at a Manasquan school or at the beach.