And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
JOHN STEINBECKThere’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
-
-
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
JOHN STEINBECK -
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
JOHN STEINBECK -
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
JOHN STEINBECK -
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
JOHN STEINBECK -
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
JOHN STEINBECK -
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
JOHN STEINBECK -
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.
JOHN STEINBECK -
I 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 STEINBECK -
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
JOHN STEINBECK -
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
JOHN STEINBECK -
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
JOHN STEINBECK -
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 -
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK -
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECK -
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
JOHN STEINBECK