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> [I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type, clocks, and built the largest ships in the history of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-the-chinese-this-goes-a-long-way-back/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

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## Other authors on Clocks

## More by Thomas Steinbeck

> [I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type, clocks, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-the-chinese-this-goes-a-long-way-back/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/for-someone-who-loves-literature-and-all-books-on-principle-being/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/i-started-writing-serious-books-so-late-because-i-knew-i-d-be-accused/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [I thought my dad was out of work, because my friends had fathers with briefcases who'd go off somewhere with bow ties on. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/i-thought-my-dad-was-out-of-work-because-my-friends-had-fathers-with/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/my-father-john-steinbeck-was-a-man-who-held-human-history-in-great/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [My only job is to write in such a way that the reader gets a new handle on humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/my-only-job-is-to-write-in-such-a-way-that-the-reader-gets-a-new/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The Martian Chronicles.' I had read other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/when-i-was-fifteen-my-father-gave-me-a-first-edition-copy-of-ray/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [I would hardly say that I have a rich knowledge of anything in particular, but I do seem to be burdened with an unseemly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/i-would-hardly-say-that-i-have-a-rich-knowledge-of-anything-in/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/since-i-can-t-write-the-greatest-american-novel-i-m-going-to-write/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/i-like-writing-but-i-write-for-self-improvement-more-than-i-do-for/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/from-my-fathers-point-of-view-without-a-thought-for-self-a-true/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [I started writing serious books so late because I knew Id be accused of riding on my fathers coattails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/i-started-writing-serious-books-so-late-because-i-knew-id-be-accused/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [You didn't grow up in the shadow of John Steinbeck. He put you on his shoulders and gave you all the light you wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/you-didn-t-grow-up-in-the-shadow-of-john-steinbeck-he-put-you-on-his/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [My father believed, like Pericles, that a man's genius could be easily judged by the number of unenlightened fools set in phalanx against his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/my-father-believed-like-pericles-that-a-man-s-genius-could-be-easily/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

> [My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/my-father-told-us-all-the-time-to-become-a-good-writer-takes-writing/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

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