“I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an une...” — John Steinbeck Quote

“I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?”

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

“A new country seems to follow a pattern. First come the openers, strong and brave and rather childlike. They can take care of themselves in a wilderness, but they are naive and helpless against men, and perhaps that is why they went out in the first place. When the rough edges are worn off the new land, businessmen and lawyers come in to help with the development---to solve problems of ownership, usually by removing the temptations to themselves. And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living. And culture can be on any level, and is.”

“It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary”

“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.”

“I like to be comfortable, and don't like to be cold, and I don't like to wear anything I'm not in the mood for.”

“If anything, I'm to the left of Obama.”

“The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.”

“The man who doesn't want anything is invincible.”

“I don't control anything I create.”

“I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?”