She feels "Brutal Dynasty" actually may become the Great…

“It may not be the "Great American Novel" they talk about, because its scope is not broad enough to take in all of America,…

— Clyde Brion Davis

I think that if you're doing a new musical, you want to have the opportunity to experiment and try things without the whole city…

— Idina Menzel

“Don’t start right off writing the ‘Great American Novel’, that's too much pressure and you'll get disappointed; start with porn, it’s fun and a…

— scavola

Race is the true protagonist of the American novel. Our most popular classic fictions have known this, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Beloved;' all these…

— Kevin Young

“I told them this novel was an American classic, in many ways the quintessential American novel. There were other contenders: The Adventures of Huckleberry…

— Azar Nafisi

Dreiser wanted to write the next great American novel, and his desperation pervades [ Sister Carrie ] like an unsavory pit stain.

— Theodore Dreiser

I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony,…

— Eric Stoltz

“I try to keep up with what’s being done in every field, and most children’s books are ten times more enjoyable than the average…

— Ray Bradbury

“There is a novella inside every anus; there is a broken heart inside every mind; there is a bisected hug inside every arm; there…

— Jimmy Chen

I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.

— Dr. Seuss

“Great American Novel” = ”doorstop of a book, usually pretentious, written by a man.”

— Lionel Shriver

With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified…

— Bob Shacochis

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

— Anne Waldman

People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a…

— Isabel Allende

“[upon hearing that the school received funding for the football field, but not for any of the arts] Well, we might never have another…

— Chris O'Guinn