People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECKYour audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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To 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.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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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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When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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