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

Quote by John Steinbeck

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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...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

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.

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if...

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if...

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a...

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a...

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up...

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up...

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet...

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet...

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if...

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if...

So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what...

So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does....

Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does....

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for...

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the...

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...

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...

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...

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.