Thomas Steinbeck

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.

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These are some quotes by American author Thomas Steinbeck Writer, who was born on August 2, 1944.

Quotes by Thomas Steinbeck

Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.

Thomas Steinbeck

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I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type, clocks, and built the largest ships in the history of the world.

Thomas Steinbeck

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I would hardly say that I have a rich knowledge of anything in particular, but I do seem to be burdened with an unseemly appetite for intellectual and artistic erudition, which, for the sake of balance, I keep well harnessed to a reliable sense of the absurd.

Thomas Steinbeck

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