Books Quote by Thomas Steinbeck Download Open image “My only job is to write in such a way that the reader gets a new handle on humanity.” — Thomas Steinbeck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Gets Handle Humanity Job New Only Reader Way Write Writing
My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper. — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
Writing seems like the only job where what you think and feel really matters. — Richard North Patterson Copy Share Image
My job is to form the people, the story, the sentences. Every reader will bring their own life and their own history to the… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
My two bits here are that writing is a solitary job but there are times when one needs to discuss the work, and see… — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
I've got to keep on writing. That's non-negotiable. At the same time, one has to look at the world and recognise that writing is… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're… — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type, clocks, and… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I thought my dad was out of work, because my friends had fathers with briefcases who'd go off somewhere with bow ties on. But… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The Martian Chronicles.' I had read other… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I would hardly say that I have a rich knowledge of anything in particular, but I do seem to be burdened with an unseemly… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I started writing serious books so late because I knew Id be accused of riding on my fathers coattails. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
You didn't grow up in the shadow of John Steinbeck. He put you on his shoulders and gave you all the light you wanted. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
