East of eden Quote by John Steinbeck Download Open image ““A writer of stories is a liar.”” — John Steinbeck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare East of eden Storytelling Writing
“An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.” — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
“Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.” — Anthony Marais Copy Share Image
“A story is nothing but a lie. An illusion. And that illusion only works if we trust in it.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Writers are liars, my dear, surely you know that by now? And yet, things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams… — Neil Gaiman 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
I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I've heard two ways of looking at it. One says the silent man is the wise man & the other that a man without… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In East of Eden, John Steinbeck wrote that there's never been a great creative collaboration. When the Beatles first burst on the scene, I… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“First we find a buried star and now we go to dig up a mint-new human” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There's a capacity for appetite... that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not call my name, I… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“But some men are friends with the whole world in their hearts, and there are others that hate themselves and spread their hatred around… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“…this was the gold from our mining: 'Thou mayest.' The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin (and you can call sin… — Jo A. Lee Copy Share Image
A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
