Books Quote by Thomas Steinbeck

Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.

— Thomas Steinbeck

I'm not looking to write the great American novel, win a Pulitzer or teach history. I write to entertain my readers.

— Dorothy Garlock

It used to be that the highest ambition of American novelists was to write 'the Great American Novel,' that great white whale of American…

— Michael Korda

Nearly all novels are too long.

— Rose Macaulay

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

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

— W. Somerset Maugham

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

I'm just going to write the best books I can.

— Michael Connelly

A good novel cannot be too long nor a bad novel too short.

— Ellen Glasgow

A good novel cannot be too long or a bad novel too short.

— Ellen Glasgow

I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write.

— Donna Tartt

I think perhaps the greatest book ever written was Ulysses by James Joyce.

— Frederick Lenz