I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.
John SteinbeckIf you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.
John SteinbeckIt was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane.
John SteinbeckI have taken as much as six years to prepare a book for writing. There is such a delirium of effort in the production of a book; it's like childbirth. And, like childbirth, one forgets the pains immediately so that when you come to write another one you dare to take it up again. Some precious anesthesia sees you through.
John Steinbeck