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John Steinbeck
A journey is...
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
It has always...
It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and losses has it...
The writer must...
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this...
Man, unlike any...
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his...
Give a critic...
Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.
Source: Writers at Work, On Critics,...
Four hoarse blasts...
Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to...
In utter loneliness...
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
Source: In diary...
I know this...
I know this -- a man got to do what he got to do.
Source: The Grapes of...
Somewhere in the...
Somewhere in the world there is defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by...
I am impelled,...
I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my...
Texas is a...
Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And...
It is a...
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep...
Ideas are like...
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a...
Men do change,...
Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy...
No one wants...
No one wants advice - only corroboration.
Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...
People need responsibility....
People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.
I hold that...
I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any...
The profession of...
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
The discipline of...
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
Source:...
Writers are a...
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
Source: In...
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