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 More Quotes by John Steinbeck More Quotes From John Steinbeck I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen. John Steinbeck lovelylifepeople This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. John Steinbeck freedomgovernmentfighting It is a time of quiet joy, the sunny morning. When the glittery dew is on the mallow weeds, each leaf holds a jewel which is beautiful if not valuable. This is no time for hurry or for bustle. Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning. John Steinbeck weedmorningbeautiful It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it. John Steinbeck routine-lifehardhate A man without words is a man without thought. John Steinbeck contradictingmenlife No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. John Steinbeck being-the-bestliteraturemen Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. John Steinbeck teachingteacherart If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. John Steinbeck travels-with-charleyunderstanding-lovebe-kind Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other. John Steinbeck lonelinesspeopleworld Time is the only critic without ambition. John Steinbeck judgmentambitiontime The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time. John Steinbeck colorsilenceeye I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger. John Steinbeck romancewarreality And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus. John Steinbeck circusequalitywomen All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal. John Steinbeck animalmenwar A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more. John Steinbeck colorlightfear If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. The formula seems to lie solely in the aching urge of the writer to convey something he feels important to the reader. If the writer has that urge, he may sometimes but by no means always find the way to do it. John Steinbeck writingmeanlying The last clear definite function of man — muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need — this is man. John Steinbeck musclesmindmen Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. John Steinbeck excusepaperwriting An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion. John Steinbeck hurtcouragelying Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. John Steinbeck changewindmen
