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.

Quote by John Steinbeck

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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.

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

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

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

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

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 have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided...

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided...

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...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the...

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the...

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.

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring...

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring...

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...

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

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 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...

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,...