A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.
John SteinbeckThree hours of writing require twenty hours of preparation. Luckily I have learned to dream about the work, which saves me some working time.
John SteinbeckI dislike helplessness in other people and in myself, and this is by far my greatest fear of illness.
John Steinbeck