I have taken as much as six years to prepare a book for writing. There is such a delirium of effort in the production of a book; it's like childbirth. And, like childbirth, one forgets the pains immediately so that when you come to write another one you dare to take it up again. Some precious anesthesia sees you through.


Conversations with John Steinbeck (ed. 1988)

John Steinbeck Quotes

I have taken as much as six years to prepare a book for writing. There is such a delirium of effort in the production of a book; it's like...

I have taken as much as six years to prepare a book for writing. There is such a delirium of effort in the production of a book; it's like...

I have taken as much as six years to prepare a book for writing. There is such a delirium of effort in the production of a book; it's like...

I have taken as much as six years to prepare a book for writing. There is such a delirium of effort in the production of a book; it's like...