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title: "49 American Novel Quotes by 46 authors"
description: "Browse 49 American Novel quotes by 46 authors. Discover the best American Novel sayings and thoughts."
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> [I didn't have the great American novel burning inside me, but I felt I could try my hand at popular fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-cussler/i-didn-t-have-the-great-american-novel-burning-inside-me-but-i-felt-i/)

[Clive Cussler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-cussler/)

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> [I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-d-souza/i-have-no-doubt-that-on-the-road-is-a-great-american-novel-but-i-m/)

[Tony D'Souza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-d-souza/)

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> [I'm not working on the Great American Novel. All I am doing, I hope, is entertaining readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-cussler/i-m-not-working-on-the-great-american-novel-all-i-am-doing-i-hope-is/)

[Clive Cussler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-cussler/)

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> [The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-great-american-novel-has-not-only-already-been-written-it-has/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/i-was-saving-the-name-of-geisel-for-the-great-american-novel/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

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> [Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/since-i-can-t-write-the-greatest-american-novel-i-m-going-to-write/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

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> [Since I cant write the greatest American novel, Im going to write the longest American novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-steinbeck/since-i-cant-write-the-greatest-american-novel-im-going-to-write-the/)

[Thomas Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-steinbeck/)

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> [“Great American Novel” = ”doorstop of a book, usually pretentious, written by a man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-shriver/great-american-novel-doorstop-of-a-book-usually-pretentious-written/)

[Lionel Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-shriver/)

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> [ \[Mark\] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-holbrook/mark-twain-is-pointing-at-you-you-the-reader-of-the-book-one-hundred/)

[Hal Holbrook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-holbrook/)

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> [When I was young, I kept trying to read 'Moby-Dick', and I couldn't get that far into it. And I kept thinking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-tosches/when-i-was-young-i-kept-trying-to-read-moby-dick-and-i-couldn-t-get/)

[Nick Tosches](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-tosches/)

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> [“I have often been mildly amused when I think that the great American novel was not written about New England or Chicago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-michener/i-have-often-been-mildly-amused-when-i-think-that-the-great-american/)

[James A. Michener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-michener/)

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> [“She feels "Brutal Dynasty" actually may become the Great American Novel she and her fellow critics have been looking for so long.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clyde-brion-davis/she-feels-brutal-dynasty-actually-may-become-the-great-american-novel/)

[Clyde Brion Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clyde-brion-davis/)

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> [Of course I planned to write the Great American Novel; that lasted about a week, at which point I decided I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasmine-cresswell/of-course-i-planned-to-write-the-great-american-novel-that-lasted/)

[Jasmine Cresswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasmine-cresswell/)

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> [You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-sturgeon/you-don-t-sit-up-in-a-cave-and-write-the-great-american-novel-and/)

[Theodore Sturgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-sturgeon/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scavola/don-t-start-right-off-writing-the-great-american-novel-that-s-too/)

[scavola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scavola/)

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> [ Dreiser wanted to write the next great American novel, and his desperation pervades \[ Sister Carrie \] like an unsavory pit stain. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/dreiser-wanted-to-write-the-next-great-american-novel-and-his/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

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> [ “\[upon hearing that the school received funding for the football field, but not for any of the arts\] Well, we might never… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-o-guinn/upon-hearing-that-the-school-received-funding-for-the-football-field/)

[Chris O'Guinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-o-guinn/)

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> [I think 'Gatsby' is hobbled, in part, by its status as a Great American Novel. People kind of roll their eyes before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-think-gatsby-is-hobbled-in-part-by-its-status-as-a-great-american/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

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> [Race is the true protagonist of the American novel. Our most popular classic fictions have known this, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Beloved;'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-young/race-is-the-true-protagonist-of-the-american-novel-our-most-popular/)

[Kevin Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-young/)

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> [It’s Fitzgerald’s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally makes Gatsby worthy of being our Great American Novel. Its soaring conclusion tells us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-corrigan/it-s-fitzgerald-s-thin-but-durable-urge-to-affirm-that-finally-makes/)

[Maureen Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-corrigan/)

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> [These self-appointed deacons in the Church of Latter-Day American Literature seem to regard generosity (of words) with suspicion, texture with dislike, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/these-self-appointed-deacons-in-the-church-of-latter-day-american/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-reed/people-didn-t-know-certain-things-about-me-which-i-was-out-of/)

[Lou Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-reed/)

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> [In the great city of San Francisco, where I used to live, at 2 in the morning every other Victorian house has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/in-the-great-city-of-san-francisco-where-i-used-to-live-at-2-in-the/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

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> [With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/with-iron-and-blood-it-seems-and-from-the-rich-depths-of-the-earth/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

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> [This is, if not a lifetime process, it's awfully close to it. The writer broadens, becomes deeper, becomes more observant, becomes more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/this-is-if-not-a-lifetime-process-it-s-awfully-close-to-it-the-writer/)

[Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/)

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> [“Lots of talk lately about the GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL that seems to be exclusively masculine. And how many of the characters in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-zambreno/lots-of-talk-lately-about-the-great-american-novel-that-seems-to-be/)

[Kate Zambreno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-zambreno/)

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> [“In an extraordinary 2012 essay in Guernica, Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie remembers the moment she noticed that no American novelists of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-baffler/in-an-extraordinary-2012-essay-in-guernica-pakistani-writer-kamila/)

[The Baffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-baffler/)

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> [Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis are to the American novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hughes/landscape-is-to-american-painting-what-sex-and-psychoanalysis-are-to/)

[Robert Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hughes/)

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> [My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-waldman/my-father-was-a-frustrated-writer-i-think-he-wanted-to-write-the/)

[Anne Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-waldman/)

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> [I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/i-don-t-think-everyone-wants-to-create-the-great-american-novel-but/)

[Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/)

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> [I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-stoltz/i-know-a-lot-of-writers-who-would-much-rather-be-writing-the-great/)

[Eric Stoltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-stoltz/)

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> [I'm a big Philip Roth fan. I think "American Pastoral" is the great American novel of the past 30 to 40 years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-duchovny/i-m-a-big-philip-roth-fan-i-think-american-pastoral-is-the-great/)

[David Duchovny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-duchovny/)

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> [I think people assume that women write about the domestic sphere. Women write about relationships and family. Men do, too, but then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ringwald/i-think-people-assume-that-women-write-about-the-domestic-sphere/)

[Molly Ringwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ringwald/)

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> [People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/people-think-that-they-will-sit-down-and-produce-the-great-american/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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> [“Early on I set out to write the next Great American Novel, and then later on I set out the silverware and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/early-on-i-set-out-to-write-the-next-great-american-novel-and-then/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [Americans and their desire to be novelists, the American novel should be listed in medical dictionaries alongside Megalomania and Obsessional Neuroses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/americans-and-their-desire-to-be-novelists-the-american-novel-should/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

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> [“IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren't written they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shiree-mccarver/if-you-wish-to-be-a-writer-then-don-t-wait-until-you-write-the-great/)

[Shiree Mccarver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shiree-mccarver/)

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> [“Art is not a horse race. Literature is not the Olympics. The hell with The Great American Novel. We have all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/art-is-not-a-horse-race-literature-is-not-the-olympics-the-hell-with/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [All that time that we spend tweeting our thoughts and emotions to our next of kin, we could be writing the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/all-that-time-that-we-spend-tweeting-our-thoughts-and-emotions-to-our/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

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> [“I try to keep up with what’s being done in every field, and most children’s books are ten times more enjoyable than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-try-to-keep-up-with-what-s-being-done-in-every-field-and-most/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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                        "text": "This is, if not a lifetime process, it's awfully close to it. The writer broadens, becomes deeper, becomes more observant, becomes more tempered, becomes much wiser over a period time passing. It is not something that is injected into him by a needle. It is not something that comes on a wave of flashing, explosive light one night and say, 'Huzzah! Eureka! I've got it!' and then proceeds to write the great American novel in eleven days. It doesn't work that way. It's a long, tedious, tough, frustrating process, but never, ever be put aside by the fact that it's hard.",
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                        "text": "“Lots of talk lately about the GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL that seems to be exclusively masculine. And how many of the characters in the GENIUS BOOKS are likable? Is Holden Caulfield likable? Is Meursault in The Stranger? Is Henry Miller? Is any character in any of these system novels particularly likable? Aren’t they usually loathsome but human, etc., loathsome and neurotic and obsessed? In my memory, all the characters in Jonathan Franzen are total douchebags (I know, I know, I’m not supposed to use that, feminine imagery, whatever, but it is SO satisfying to say and think). How about female characters in the genius books? Was Madame Bovary likable? Was Anna Karenina? Is Daisy Buchanan likable? Is Daisy Miller? Is it the specific way in which supposed readers HATE unlikable female characters (who are too depressed, too crazy, too vain, too self-involved, too bored, too boring), that mirrors the specific way in which people HATE unlikable girls and women for the same qualities? We do not allow, really, the notion of the antiheroine, as penned by women, because we confuse the autobiographical, and we pass judgment on the female author for her terrible self-involved and indulgent life. We do not hate Scott Fitzgerald in “The Crack-Up” or Georges Bataille in Guilty for being drunken and totally wading in their own pathos, but Jean Rhys is too much of a victim.”",
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                        "text": "“In an extraordinary 2012 essay in Guernica, Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie remembers the moment she noticed that no American novelists of the post–Cold War era, “who started writing after the 1980s when Islam replaced Communism as the terrifying Other,” had included the imperial experience in their Great American novels. “But that would change, I told myself,” she writes. “The nation that had intervened militarily with more nations than any other in the latter half of the twentieth century but had itself come under attack infrequently would now see its stories bound up with the stories of other places.” Instead, she observes, “the American novel continued to look inward even as the American government looked increasingly outward. September 11 did nothing to change that. So in an America where fiction writers are so caught up in the Idea of America in a way that perhaps has no parallel with any other national fiction . . . why is it that the fiction writers of my generation are so little concerned with the history of their own nation once that history exits the fifty states?”",
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                        "text": "Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis are to the American novel.",
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