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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.

John Steinbeck

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
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECK

Goodness Lose Love Right
I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
JOHN STEINBECK

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

Himself Listening People Story
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
JOHN STEINBECK

Last Listening Myself Rule Story
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
JOHN STEINBECK

Pain Secret
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
JOHN STEINBECK

Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World
A man without words is a man without thought.
JOHN STEINBECK

Life Men Word
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Company Greatness
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Art Greatness Human Teacher Teaching
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
JOHN STEINBECK

See Truth Writing
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help Hurt People Poor Trouble
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
JOHN STEINBECK

Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECK

Literature Lonely Soul
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Failure Men War
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
JOHN STEINBECK

Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth

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