Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

Quote by John Steinbeck

Topics: John Steinbeck Quotes

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps...

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps...

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I...

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I...

Time is the only critic without ambition.

Time is the only critic without ambition.

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that...

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and...

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas...

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas...

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and...

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and...

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The Main thing is...

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The Main thing is...

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

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

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

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like...

I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like...

This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most...

This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to...

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to...