What did John Steinbeck mean by: Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. John Steinbeck Writer · USA Copy
+ Trouble with mice is you always kill ’em. Author, July 13, 2023January 2, 2025, John Steinbeck, Consequences, Death, Responsibility, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ I nearly always write — just as I nearly always breathe. Author, October 1, 2023January 2, 2025, John Steinbeck, Creativity, Passion, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ I guess I’m trying to say, Grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Opportunity, Regret, Seize, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Ownership, Regret, Responsibility, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man. Author, August 14, 2023January 2, 2025, John Steinbeck, Glory, Inspiration, Mind, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ What do I want in a doctor? Perhaps more than anything else-a friend with special knowledge. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Expertise, Support, Trust, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ You can’t go home again because home has ceased to exist except in the mothballs of memory. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Loss, Memory, Nostalgia, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ With knowledge there is no hope,… without hope I would sit motionless, rusting like unused armor. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Action, Hope, Knowledge, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
