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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

John Steinbeck

People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Failure Men War
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
JOHN STEINBECK

Experience Government Hate Nation
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
JOHN STEINBECK

Change Deep People Philosophy
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECK

Brain Weapons
Time is the only critic without ambition.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
JOHN STEINBECK

Change Kind Word Writing
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Himself Human Literature Men
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Sad Story Writing
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Children Men
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Deep Yourself
And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
JOHN STEINBECK

Circus Equality Women
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Difficult Experience Life Problem
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Failure Love Men Talent
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
JOHN STEINBECK

Escape Life
In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
JOHN STEINBECK

Impossible Reading
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
JOHN STEINBECK

Development Transformation
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Hate Leaving Life
This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
JOHN STEINBECK

Destroy Fighting Freedom Government Greatness Limitation Religion
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Empathy Feeling People Understand
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fools Literature Man
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Believe Life Myself People See
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alcohol Taste World
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Growth People Soul
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Company Greatness
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Dream Excellence Writing

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

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