All of them had a restlessness in common. John Steinbeck More Quotes by John Steinbeck More Quotes From John Steinbeck You stay out here a little while, an' if you smell any roses, you come let me smell, too. John Steinbeck smellroselittles Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practised it through the ages. John Steinbeck gratefulpridemen It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never to go nor to stay, but to remain suspended in that golden emotion of love and longing; to be loved without satiety. John Steinbeck goldenemotionwould-be In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind-but he must get there first. John Steinbeck businesskingsmen ..it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world...It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel. John Steinbeck awfulmeanworld Within that frame he went a long way and burned a deep scar. John Steinbeck scarlongway Oh, we can populate the dark with horrors, even we who think ourselves informed and sure, believing nothing we cannot measure or weigh. I know beyond all doubt that the dark things crowding in on me either did not exist or were not dangerous to me, and still I was afraid. John Steinbeck feardarkbelieve A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete. John Steinbeck wifethank-youchildren When you know a friend is there you do not go to see him. Then he's gone and you blast your conscience to shreds that you did not see him. John Steinbeck blastgoneknows We have never understood why men mount the heads of animals and hang them up to look down on their conquerers. Possibly it feels good to these men to feel superior to animals, but does it not seem that if they were sure of it they would not have to prove it? Often a man who is afraid must constantly demonstrate his courage and, in the case of the hunter, must keep a tangible record of his courage. John Steinbeck huntingcourageanimal The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong. John Steinbeck husbandstrongson In the streets of New York between seven and nine in the morning you will see the slow procession of dog and downer proceeding from street to tree to hydrant to trash basket. They are apartment dogs. They are taken out twice a day, and, while it is a cliché, it is truly amazing how owner and dog resemble each other. They grow to walk alike and have the same set of head. John Steinbeck new-yorkdogmorning People do not want advice - they want corroboration. John Steinbeck advicelifepeople Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man. John Steinbeck lonelyphilosophyart Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' I thought an' finally I says, 'No, I don't know nobody name' Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people. John Steinbeck namespeoplejesus They must be real people. And this means that every word in every line of speech must be accurate and full of some kind of meaning which stretches not only forward in the book but stems from before in the book. John Steinbeck realwritingbook Intention, good or bad, is not enough. John Steinbeck intentionenough I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue. John Steinbeck wantwritingway The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in smog, choking with the acids of industry, the screech of rubber and houses leashed in against one another while the town lets wither a time and die. John Steinbeck houseskylove One pays for everything, the trick is not to pay too much of anything for anything. John Steinbeck trickstoo-muchpay
