Battering Quote by John Dos Passos
![“It was the ponderous battering ram of his novels that opened the way through the genteel reticences of American nineteenth-century fiction. . . Without [Theodore] Dreiser's treading out a path for naturalism none of us would have had a chance to publish.” quote by John Dos Passos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/169/john-dos-passos-3598_battering_it-was-the-ponderous-battering-ram-of-hi_1954068.jpg)
“It was the ponderous battering ram of his novels that opened the way through the genteel reticences of American nineteenth-century fiction. . . Without [Theodore] Dreiser's treading out a path for naturalism none of us would have had a chance to publish.”
![“Dreiser wanted to write the next great American novel, and his desperation pervades [ Sister Carrie ] like an unsavory pit stain.” quote by Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6b7/theodore-dreiser-8057_books_dreiser-wanted-to-write-the-next-great-a_929862.jpg)
![“There's a rhythm to script [ in "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"], as well, especially the pacing of it. But there definitely were times when I would say something and [ Macon Blair] would say, "I didn't think to deliver it like that" or, "I didn't think it had that meaning." And he'd…” quote by Melanie Lynskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/906/melanie-lynskey-11682_battering_there-s-a-rhythm-to-script-in-i-don-t-fe_120254.jpg)
