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约翰·斯坦贝克(John Steinbeck,1902年2月27日~1968年12月20日),20世纪美国作家。代表作品有《人鼠之间》、《愤怒的葡萄》、《月亮下去了》、《伊甸之东》、《烦恼的冬天》等。

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.
It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
人,与宇宙中任何其他有机或无机的事物不同,超越了他的工作,走上他的概念的楼梯,超越了他的成就。
What good's an opinion if you don't know?
如果你不知道,意见有什么用?
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
如果没有冬天的寒冷来赋予它甜蜜,夏天的温暖又有什么意义呢?
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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.
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
我一直觉得奇怪……我们钦佩的那些品质,如善良、慷慨、开放、诚实、理解和同情,在我们的体系中往往是失败的伴随物。而我们厌恶的那些特质,如精明、贪婪、占有欲、卑鄙、自负和自私,却是成功的特质。虽然人们钦佩前者的品质,但他们却喜欢后者的产物。
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
"The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business."
写作这一职业使赛马看起来像是一项稳固、稳定的生意。