Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man. John Steinbeck More Quotes by John Steinbeck More Quotes From John Steinbeck Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars. John Steinbeck fightingwinningwar In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage. John Steinbeck vintagewrathanger An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions. John Steinbeck whole-familyparentanswers Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck couplewisdominspirational There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. John Steinbeck wrathstuffpeople Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world. John Steinbeck easeworld It requires self-esteem to receive-not self-love but just a pleasant acquaintance and liking for oneself. John Steinbeck acquaintanceself-loveself-esteem People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments. John Steinbeck momentspeoplefirsts Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them. John Steinbeck hardesttelling-the-truthwriting A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome. John Steinbeck starslonelinessteaching Can you honestly love a dishonest thing? John Steinbeck honestlyhonesty You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway. John Steinbeck agreewantadvice Anything that just costs money is cheap. John Steinbeck costmoney One man was so mad at me that he ended his letter, "Beware. You will never get out of this world alive." John Steinbeck madmenlife Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning. John Steinbeck bustlegoldenmorning The power of an attitude is amazing John Steinbeck attitude There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be. John Steinbeck spaceresponsibilityair No one wants advice - only corroboration. John Steinbeck mind-your-own-businessentrepreneuradvice The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. John Steinbeck powerfulwritingbelieve A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he wants or can from it and thus changes it to his measure. Some pick out parts and reject the rest, some strain the story through their mesh of prejudice, some paint it with their own delight. A story must have some points of contact with the reader to make him feel at home in it. Only then can he accept wonders. John Steinbeck readinghomemen
