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John Steinbeck on Writing

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“I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then. Also, I suspect, more accurate.”

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“The craft of writing is the art of penetrating other minds with the figures that are in your own mind.”
“I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue.”
“I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the story or provide necessary background.”
“I nearly always write — just as I nearly always breathe.”
“Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.”
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