Thomas Steinbeck Quotes

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader.

Asked to give advice to a 13-year-old girl about how to lead her life, I say find something you love to do. The goal shouldn't be accumulating money. It might be making changes in the world, or in your country.

I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.

If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing.

Well there are two things: Number one is, make sure you always enjoy yourself, because when you enjoy yourself, you'll learn, you'll want more information, you'll push yourself.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

I don't know if I'm so much fueled by trying to one-up myself so much as passionate about coming up with new and greater challenges. I don't see it as a contest, but as a natural progression.

I guess I'm just an open-hearted, fair, good person. I try to encourage people to be their best and look inside themselves and find out what they are passionate about and expand on that and enjoy life.

I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.

Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.

My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.

The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.

Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write.

There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.

The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness.

I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.

I just want to be better every day, to get better every day, not to be better than anyone else.

I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.

I just try to do things that make me excited. If I can find a way to surprise myself, then that's when I'm really excited to share something and really can stand behind it.