John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.was an American author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flatand Cannery Row, the multi-generation epic East of Eden, and the novellas Of Mice and Menand The Red Pony. The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth27 February 1902
CountryUnited States of America
I'll want to hear,' Samuel said. 'I eat stories like grapes.
So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out.
For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved.
What do I want in a doctor? Perhaps more than anything else-a friend with special knowledge.
Pictures... are also opinions... [they] set down what the camera operator sees and he sees what he wants to see and what he loves and hates and pities and is proud of.
With a few exceptions people don't want money. They want luxury and they want love and they want admiration.
But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.
If you want to keep a friend, never test him.
It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods.
I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue.
People don't want advice...only corroboration.
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
I don’t mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don’t want to get nibbled to death. There’s a difference.