A boy gets to be a man when a man is needed. Remember this thing. I have known boys forty years old because there was no need for a man. John Steinbeck View this quote
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then. Also, I suspect, more accurate. John Steinbeck
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen. John Steinbeck
I’ve always taken my hangovers as consequence, not as a punishment. John Steinbeck
I’ve lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate. 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
If a man ordered a beer milkshake he’d better do it in a town where he wasn’t known. John Steinbeck
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule – a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last. John Steinbeck
If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away. John Steinbeck
If you want to keep a friend, never test him. John Steinbeck
American writer
February 27th, 1902 - December 20th, 1968