The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“And in his dream, Coyotito was reading from a book as large as a house, with letters as big as dogs, and… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Literature is not a game for the cloistered elect. Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Three hours of writing require twenty hours of preparation. Luckily I have learned to dream about the work, which saves me some… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable... The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold onto… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A good writer always works at the impossible.There is another kind who pulls in his horizons, drops his mind as one lowers… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I’d think there are degrees of greatness,” Adam said. “I don’t think so,” said Samuel. “That would be like saying there is a little… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“You come back a changed man. Samuel, you don’t change him. He changes you. I can see the look of him in your face.”… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows and in and out… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
![“Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not tell - they catalyzed a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprung wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable. But most important of…” quote by John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/84c/john-steinbeck-71_art_teaching-might-even-be-the-greatest-of-t_1738.jpg)
