All John Steinbeck Quotes
- Best thing is to get the words down every day. And it is time to start now. Best
- My whole work drive has been aimed at making people understand each other. . . Aimed
- Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone. Becomes
- A study of animal communities has this advantage: they are merely what they are, for anyone to see who will and can look clearly; they… Advantage
- But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or… Boy
- It don't cost money to ask. Ask
- I need a dog pretty badly. I dreamed of dogs last night. They sat in a circle and looked at me and I wanted all… All
- I guess this is why I hate governments, all governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by fine-print men. There's nothing… All
- Show me the man who isn't interested in discussing himself. Conversation
- A book is somehow sacred. A dictator can kill and maim people, can sink to any kind of tyranny and only be hated, but when… Any
- A man who gets few letters does not open one lightly. Doe
- A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Company
- But a man needs company. Company
- Three hours of writing require twenty hours of preparation. Luckily I have learned to dream about the work, which saves me some working time. Dream
- What do I want in a doctor? Perhaps more than anything else-a friend with special knowledge. Anything Else
- I'm back with my own kind of people here now, the bums and drinkers and no goods and it is a fine thing. Bums
- Luck or tragedy, some people get runs. Then of course there are those who divide it even, good and bad, but we never hear of… Attention
- I remember as a child reading or hearing the words 'The Great Divide' and being stunned by the glorious sound, a proper sound for the… Backbone
- The human is the only guilty animal. Animal
- Everyone I have ever known very well has been concerned that I would eventually starve. Probably I shall. It isn't important enough to me to… Been
- What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us. All
- ... a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star. Important
- I have thought that men and women should never come together except in bed. There is the only place where their natural hatred of each… Apparent
- The warfare between the unaroused male and female is constant and ferocious. Each blames the other for his loss of soul. Blame
- It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane. Calm