John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck: A journey is...

John Steinbeck: A journey is...

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

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John Steinbeck: It has always...

John Steinbeck: It has always...

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and losses has it...

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John Steinbeck: The writer must...

John Steinbeck: 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...

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John Steinbeck: Man, unlike any...

John Steinbeck: Man, unlike any...

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his...

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John Steinbeck: Give a critic...

John Steinbeck: Give a critic...

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

Source: Writers at Work, On Critics,...

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John Steinbeck: Four hoarse blasts...

John Steinbeck: Four hoarse blasts...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to...

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John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

Source: In diary...

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John Steinbeck: I know this...

John Steinbeck: I know this...

I know this -- a man got to do what he got to do.

Source: The Grapes of...

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John Steinbeck: Somewhere in the...

John Steinbeck: Somewhere in the...

Somewhere in the world there is defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by...

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John Steinbeck: I am impelled,...

John Steinbeck: 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...

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John Steinbeck: Texas is a...

John Steinbeck: 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...

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John Steinbeck: It is a...

John Steinbeck: It is a...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep...

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John Steinbeck: Ideas are like...

John Steinbeck: Ideas are like...

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a...

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John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

John Steinbeck: 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...

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John Steinbeck: No one wants...

John Steinbeck: No one wants...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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John Steinbeck: People need responsibility....

John Steinbeck: People need responsibility....

People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.

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John Steinbeck: I hold that...

John Steinbeck: I hold that...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any...

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John Steinbeck: The profession of...

John Steinbeck: The profession of...

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

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John Steinbeck: The discipline of...

John Steinbeck: The discipline of...

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Source:...

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John Steinbeck: Writers are a...

John Steinbeck: Writers are a...

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Source: In...

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