John Steinbeck Quotes


I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.


Citations

Steinbeck, John. "Nobel Prize Banquet Speech." 10 Dec. 1962, City Hall, Stockholm. Published in Nobel Lectures, Literature 1901-1967, edited by Horst Frenz, Elsevier Publishing Company, 1969.

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John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
  • Born: February 27, 1902
  • Died: December 20, 1968
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist, Short Story Writer

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.