I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy. 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 smell rose littles 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 grateful pride men 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 golden emotion would-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 business kings men ..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 awful mean world Within that frame he went a long way and burned a deep scar. John Steinbeck scar long way 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 fear dark believe A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete. John Steinbeck wife thank-you children 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 blast gone knows 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 hunting courage animal The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong. John Steinbeck husband strong son 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-york dog morning People do not want advice - they want corroboration. John Steinbeck advice life people 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 lonely philosophy art 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 names people jesus 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 real writing book Intention, good or bad, is not enough. John Steinbeck intention enough 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 want writing way 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 house sky love One pays for everything, the trick is not to pay too much of anything for anything. John Steinbeck tricks too-much pay
