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"Books aint no good. A guy needs somebody — to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody."
John SteinbeckI like a chapter to have design of tone, as well as of form. A chapter — John Steinbeck
"I like a chapter to have design of tone, as well as of form. A chapter should be a perfect cell in the whole book and should be almost able to stand alone. If this is done then the breaks we call chapters are not arbitrary but rather articulations which allow the free movement of the story."
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
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John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
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