Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
JOHN STEINBECKIn utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
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