I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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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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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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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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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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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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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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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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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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