Thomas Steinbeck famous quotes

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

#Father #Teaching #Impact

You didnt grow up in the shadow of John Steinbeck. He put you on his shoulders and gave you all the light you wanted.
-- Thomas Steinbeck

#Growing Up #Light #Shadow

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 asking one to recall their three favorite sunsets.
-- Thomas Steinbeck

#Book #Reading #Sunset

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

#Father #Social #Interpretation

My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman.
-- Thomas Steinbeck

#Father #Craftsman

From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government.
-- Thomas Steinbeck

#Father #Real #Government

My father believed, like Pericles, that a mans genius could be easily judged by the number of unenlightened fools set in phalanx against his ideas.
-- Thomas Steinbeck

#Father #Ideas #Numbers

Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.
-- Thomas Steinbeck

#Character #Men #Plot

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

#Writing #Self #Self Improvement

I started writing serious books so late because I knew Id be accused of riding on my fathers coattails.
-- Thomas Steinbeck

#Father #Book #Writing

Since I cant write the greatest American novel, Im going to write the longest American novel.
-- Thomas Steinbeck

#Writing #Novel #Cant