No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation. — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
“If I were to name the one crying evil of American life, Mr. Derrick, it would be the indifference of the better people to… — Frank Norris Copy Share
“Wait till you see-at the same time that your family is dying for lack of bread-a hundred thousand acres of wheat-millions of bushels of… — Frank Norris Copy Share
“Believe this, young man," exclaimed Shelgrim, layinga thick powerful forefinger on the table to emphasize his words, "try to believe this - to begin… — Frank Norris Copy Share
“A literature that cannot be vulgarized is no literature at all and will perish.” — Frank Norris Copy Share
[The Muse of our Fiction of the future] will lead you - if you are humble and honest with her - straight into a… — Frank Norris Copy Share
Evil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the… — Frank Norris Copy Share
Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that… — Frank Norris Copy Share
“Goo'-by, ole Bill, by-by. There you go, an' the signal o' distress roun' you, H. B. 'I'm in need of assistance.' Lord, here comes… — Frank Norris Copy Share
Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous. — Frank Norris Copy Share
“It belonged to the changeless order of things---the man desiring the woman only for what she withholds; the woman worshipping the man for that… — Frank Norris Copy Share
“He strove for the diapason, the great song that should embrace in itself a whole epoch, a complete era, the voice of an entire… — Frank Norris Copy Share
No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation. — Frank Norris Copy Share
