1,374 Quotes by 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.

For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland.

What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us.

...no gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed his self-love.

We don't take a trip. A trip takes us.

It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.

... a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star.

A funeral isn't for the dead. You'll simply be a stage set for a kind of festival maybe. And besides, you won't even be there.

I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.