[Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, 'saints and angels and martyrs and holy men,' and he would have meant the same thing.
John SteinbeckAlways dream and shoot higher than you know you can do...Try to be better than yourself.
John SteinbeckIf a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a ruleโa great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
John SteinbeckThe profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
John Steinbeck