In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

I think, therefore I'll think.

One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.

Each city receives its form from the desert it opposes.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

When people are free to do as they please they usually imitate each other.

I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.

Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy.

I've come to the conclusion that you can't write scary books unless you're easily scared yourself.

You haven't seen untidiness until you've seen a room where gravity has failed twice in different directions.

Why should I be worried about death?