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What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for being a servant
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We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil.
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We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not.
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I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue.
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