1,374 Quotes by John Steinbeck

I should have known […] I am the rain. […] I am the land […] and I am the rain. The grass will grow out of me in a little while.

The basic rule [of writing] given us was simple and heartbreaking. A story to be effective had to convey something from the writer to the reader, and the power of its offering was the measure of its excellence. Outside of that, there were no rules.

Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. One goes, not so much to see but to tell afterward.

And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living.

Man has become our greatest hazard, and our only hope.

Dear Lord,' he said. 'let me be like Aron. Don’t make me mean. I don’t want to be. If you will let everybody like me, why, I’ll give you anything in the world, and if I haven’t got it, why, I’ll go for to get it. I don’t want to be mean. I don’t want to be lonely. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.

In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms

War ... a reversal of the rules where a man is permitted to kill all the humans he can.

If you are in love-that's a good thing-that's about the best thing that can happen to anyone.