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Thomas Steinbeck
American
Writer
Born:
Aug 2
,
1944
Died:
Aug 11
,
2016
Father
First
History
Man
Work
Writing
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From my father's point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government.
Thomas Steinbeck
Government
Justice
Patriotism
Father
Thought
Those
Given
Voice
Point
Point Of View
Self
True
Without
Halls
Real
Condemnation
Up
Stones
Patriot
Against
View
Speaks
Who
Stands
When it comes to the form the narrative will take, whether first person, third person, or Aunt Grace's cat, I usually find that the story tells me which voice it prefers, and that often changes as I go along. And in the end it really doesn't matter as long as the author can rig those voices all in harness to pull the same load.
Thomas Steinbeck
Me
Grace
Matter
Will
Long
First
Changes
Harness
Those
Tells
Find
Voice
Voices
Take
Cat
Along
Narrative
First-Person
Go
Aunt
End
Author
Person
Same
Often
Form
In The End
Story
Whether
Which
Really
Rig
Load
Third
Pull
I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.
Thomas Steinbeck
Writing
Father
Late
Books
Knew
Because
Accused
Serious
Riding
Started
I thought my dad was out of work, because my friends had fathers with briefcases who'd go off somewhere with bow ties on. But my father would finish breakfast and go back to his room.
Thomas Steinbeck
Work
Father
Thought
Somewhere
Breakfast
Fathers
Back
Out
Would
Finish
Had
Bow
Ties
Because
Go
His
Off
Friends
Room
Dad
I was eighteen when I first read Joseph Heller's stunning work 'Catch-22,' and was at that time close to being drafted for the fruitless and unenlightened war in Viet Nam.
Thomas Steinbeck
Work
War
Time
First
Joseph
Catch-22
Stunning
Read
Close
Being
Eighteen
Fruitless
Drafted
I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money.
Thomas Steinbeck
Writing
Money
More
Write
Like
Self-Improvement
Than
Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.
Thomas Steinbeck
Write
Longest
Since
Greatest
American
Going
Novel
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