Books Quote by Theodore Dreiser

“Caroline, or Sister Carrie, as she had been half affectionately termed by the family, was possessed of a mind rudimentary in its power of…

— Theodore Dreiser

You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again.

— Patricia Duncker

One does not arise from such a book as Sister Carrie with a smirk of satisfaction; one leaves it infinitely touched.

— H. L. Mencken

I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine without it.

— Tony D'Souza

Of course I planned to write the Great American Novel; that lasted about a week, at which point I decided I had nothing to…

— Jasmine Cresswell

I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing what we…

— Natalie Goldberg

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 that, even…

— Maureen Corrigan

“I have often been mildly amused when I think that the great American novel was not written about New England or Chicago. It was…

— James A. Michener

In the great city of San Francisco, where I used to live, at 2 in the morning every other Victorian house has somebody who…

— Tom Peters

You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw it page…

— Theodore Sturgeon

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

— Dr. Seuss