John Steinbeck

I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man.

I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as read more

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any read more

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of read more

Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business.