"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal." ― John Steinbeck From John Steinbeck Author Added on 1/31/2026 About John Steinbeck John Steinbeck was an American novelist whose works portrayed social and economic hardship in twentieth-century America. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. Born: 1902-02-27 Died: 1968-12-20 View all quotes from John Steinbeck