Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught.
John SteinbeckI am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
John SteinbeckThe craft of writing is the art of penetrating other minds with the figures that are in your own mind.
John SteinbeckDon't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do.
John Steinbeck