East of eden Quote by John Steinbeck

“And, of course, people are only interested in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And I here…

— John Steinbeck

“...of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And I here make…

— John Steinbeck

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

— John Steinbeck

“It is not good to be so much away from one's own people. It is the sort of thing known to make one strange.”

— Tony D'Souza

“We had been taken from The Wild and brought together in one place, because, for some strange reason, people found us interesting.”

— Daniel Quinn

“People's lives take them strange places. They do strange things, and... well, sometimes they can't talk about them.”

— Alan Moore

“We all tell stories--to ourselves and to each other. Some of learn to tell only the most interesting bits.”

— Shannon Donnelly

“There’s something about being naïve. Really interesting things come because you don’t know what the rules are, what you can and can’t do.”

— Steve Buscemi

“At that moment I realised all the things I miss, all the fascinating stories I don't get to hear, because I refuse to mix…

— Andrej Nikolaidis

“There's lots of interesting things in books. And you get to meet people you might never know otherwise.”

— Kiki Hamilton

“The world is strange and people keep making it stranger.”

— Marlon James

“People have all day to talk about what makes them ordinary. It turns out that they want to share what makes them weird.”

— Derek Thompson