Communication Quotes by John Steinbeck

“Communications must destroy localness, by a slow, inevitable process.”

— John Steinbeck

“They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyway.”

— John Steinbeck

“He stopped, feeling lonely in his long speech.”

— John Steinbeck

“Literature is not a game for the cloistered elect. Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for…

— John Steinbeck

Just as our bread, mixed and baked, packaged and sold without benefit of accident or human frailty, is uniformly good and uniformly…

— John Steinbeck

Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, and it has not changed except to…

— John Steinbeck

“They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyay. Kino sighed with satisfaction…

— John Steinbeck

I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in…

— John Steinbeck

If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story…

— John Steinbeck

His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding…

— John Steinbeck

And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. The story tellers, gathering attention into their tales, spoke in great…

— John Steinbeck

“The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging…

— John Steinbeck

They must be real people. And this means that every word in every line of speech must be accurate and full of…

— John Steinbeck

How can I teach my boys the value and beauty of language and thus communication when the President himself reads westerns exclusively…

— John Steinbeck

The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and…

— John Steinbeck

“I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention,help,and conversation is to be lost.A man who seeing his…

— John Steinbeck

“Radio and television speech becomes standardized, perhaps better English than we have ever used. Just as our bread, mixed and baked, packaged…

— John Steinbeck

“She used religion as a therapy for the ills of the world and herself, and she changed the religion to fit the…

— John Steinbeck

“When the radio was on, music has stimulated memory of times and places, complete with characters and stage sets, memories so exact…

— John Steinbeck

“Spiritually the jugs may be graduated thus: Just below the shoulder of the first bottle, serious and concentrated conversation. Two inches farther…

— John Steinbeck

“Communications must destroy localness, by a slow, inevitable process [...] Radio and television speech becomes standardized, perhaps better English than we have…

— John Steinbeck

“Two gallons is a great deal of wine, even for two paisanos. Spiritually the jugs maybe graduated thus: Just below the shoulder…

— John Steinbeck

“Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it and it has not changed except to become…

— John Steinbeck

“His name was Anderson and he had little gift for communication. Like most technicians, he had a terror and a contempt for…

— John Steinbeck

When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not…

— John Steinbeck

“If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is…

— John Steinbeck