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21 quotes by Thomas Steinbeck

Thomas Myles Steinbeck (born August 2, 1944) is a writer and the eldest son of Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck. Steinbeck, raised by his father and well educated, was drafted into the Vietnam War, inspiring him to become a photographer and journalist. Subsequently, he wrote numerous screenplays and worked in the film industry. Since 2002, he has been an author of original works, starting with his book of short stories, Down to a Soundless Sea, in...
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You didn't grow up in the shadow of John Steinbeck. He put you on his shoulders and gave you all the light you wanted.

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Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.

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From my father's point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who... →

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My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to... →

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The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

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I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money.

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For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is akin to... →

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My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had risked... →

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I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.

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My father believed, like Pericles, that a man's genius could be easily judged by the number of unenlightened fools set in phalanx against his... →

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My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman.

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Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.

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My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get at it. It's like... →

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