Quote I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it. Ernest Hemingway
Quote The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. John Steinbeck
Quote 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. John Steinbeck
Quote Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck
Quote A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck
Quote If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones. John Steinbeck
Quote In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage. John Steinbeck
Quote It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. Andre Gide