Quotes by John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

American author

Lived from: 1902 - 1968

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 27 february 1902 Died: 20 december 1968

  • 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.
  • No one wants advice, only corroboration.
  • Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

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  • Time is the only critic without ambition.
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  • A book is like a man: clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
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  • A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
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  • Father and son are natural enemies and each is happier and more secure in keeping it that way.
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  • Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.
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  • I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.
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  • Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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  • If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.
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  • Lord, how the day passes! It is like a life, so quickly when we don't watch it, and so slowly if we do.
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  • No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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  • No one wants advice, only corroboration.
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  • Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.
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  • The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
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  • 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.
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  • The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
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  • This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm me.
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  • Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
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  • We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say - and to feel - ''Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought.''
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  • We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.
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  • Writers are a little below the clowns and a little above the trained seals.
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What are the most famous quotes from John Steinbeck?

The two most famous quotes from John Steinbeck are:

  • "Time is the only critic without ambition."
  • "A book is like a man: clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun."

When did John Steinbeck live?

John Steinbeck was born in 1902 and died in the year 1968.