The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
JOHN STEINBECKTo be alive at all is to have scars.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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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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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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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