John Steinbeck
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — "Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought."
—John Steinbeck, In Awe of Words
Posted on July 11, 2002 at 7:04 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
A book is like a man—clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
—John Steinbeck, from Writers at Work
Posted on February 5, 2003 at 6:49 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say- and to feel- "Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought."
—John Steinbeck, In Awe of Words
Posted on May 9, 2001 at 9:06 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
—John Steinbeck, In Awe of Words
Posted on December 21, 2001 at 2:37 PM
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