It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
John SteinbeckThe great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
John SteinbeckIn writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration.
John Steinbeck