More from John Steinbeck
- Interview with Robert van Gelder (April 1947), as quoted in John Steinbeck: A Biography (1994) by Jay Parini
- “…like captured fireflies” (1955)
- The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Ch. VI
Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.
John Steinbeck on ideas
East of Eden (1952), Part 2, Ch. 13. i
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