No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
JOHN STEINBECKThe craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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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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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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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.
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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.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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