The things everyone knows are most likely to be wrong.
~ John Steinbeck

An artist should be open on all sides to every kind of light and darkness.
~ John Steinbeck

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A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
~ John Steinbeck

All men are moral. Only their neighbors are not.
~ John Steinbeck

A good writer always works at the impossible.
~ John Steinbeck

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension.
~ John Steinbeck

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The profession of book-writing makes horse-racing seem like a solid, stable business.
~ John Steinbeck

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Writers are a sorry lot. The best you can say of them is that they are better than actors and that’s not much.
~ John Steinbeck

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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
~ John Steinbeck

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In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins.
~ John Steinbeck

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