There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECKThere’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECKMaybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
JOHN STEINBECKIf you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
JOHN STEINBECKTo finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
JOHN STEINBECKMaybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
JOHN STEINBECKIt’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
JOHN STEINBECKTime is the only critic without ambition.
JOHN STEINBECKWhat good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
JOHN STEINBECKI believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
JOHN STEINBECKWhen two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
JOHN STEINBECKSocialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
JOHN STEINBECKMy imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
JOHN STEINBECKThe nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
JOHN STEINBECKIn poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECKIf you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
JOHN STEINBECKOut of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
JOHN STEINBECK