1960s Quote by David Duchovny

Although, from the point of view of sociology, the overt ambition of 'American Pastoral' - to imagine the impact on a good man of…

— Howard Jacobson

'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.

— Zooey Deschanel

Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative form, with…

— Katie Kitamura

We all want to believe this American pastoral, but there's more to it. We have to be willing to exile ourselves from the fantasies…

— Bill Ayers

The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments.

— Alexis Denisof

American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.

— Gary Shteyngart

Browsing the first editions at my local independent bookstore, I came across 'Pastoralia,' a collection of stories by George Saunders. I'd read one of…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

I didn't have the great American novel burning inside me, but I felt I could try my hand at popular fiction.

— Clive Cussler

I look at western literature and especially North American literature, and I feel like it gets bogged down so much with all of that,…

— Miguel Syjuco

I remain a fan of my friend Bret Easton Ellis's 'American Psycho.' I think as a book about New York in the '80s it…

— Jay McInerney

I think the novel is the American form because people read it in private, and the only valuable things that happen in America happen…

— David Hare

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

— Katherine Dunn