John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck was an American author and screenwriter who has been assessed by the admins of this site as INFP.

Quotes

 * “In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.”
 * “The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.”
 * “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us”
 * Nathaniel Benchley: “..if you were on his side you could do no wrong and if you were [against] him you could do no right.”
 * “Throughout his life John Steinbeck remained a private person who shunned publicity.”