John Steinbeck Quotes

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck

No one wants advice, only collaboration. John Steinbeck

This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. John Steinbeck

I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. John Steinbeck

I believe that love cannot be bought except with love. John Steinbeck

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. John Steinbeck

All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love or hating moonlight. John Steinbeck

The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one. It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California. John Steinbeck

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. John Steinbeck

Must hunger become anger and anger fury before anything will be done? John Steinbeck