The fact is that we need the insights of the mystic every bit as much as we need the insights of the scientist. Mankind is diminished when either is missing.
The fact is that we need the insights of the mystic every bit as much as we need the insights of the scientist. Mankind is diminished when either is missing.
Travels
by Michael Crichton
Of all the things I wrote about, spoon bending seems to stick in the rationalist throat. It just bugs people. I don’t know why.
I had never written anything autobiographical, and traveling was an important part of my life. I felt as if I was kind of keeping a secret by never writing about it. Anyway, I felt unburdened in some way when it was finished.
The experiences in “Travels” are confined to that book. But certainly things that happen to me do sometimes find their way into books. For example, a few years ago I got lost driving in the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona. And that experience became a scene in my new book TIMELINE, which will be out this November. (And that is all I will say about that book for now, so please don’t ask any more.)
The book that I most enjoyed writing was TRAVELS, because it was autobiographical (so I knew the subject matter very well.) As I finished each chapter, I had a sense of relief, as if a weight was lifted from my shoulders. And I wrote in a very slow and orderly way, over a five month period. I really enjoyed looking back on my life and writing out sections. It was like no other book I’ve worked on. But they’re all different. Every writing experience is different.