Quotes by Steinbeck, John

There used to be a thing or a commodity we put great store by. It was >>

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think yo >>

Lord, how the day passes! It is like a life, so quickly when we don't >>

Quotations about Story and Story-Telling

In the tale, in the telling, we are all one blood. Take the tale in yo >>

The first law of story-telling. Every man is bound to leave a story be >>

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions whi >>

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.

Steinbeck, John