Books Quote by Tom Peters

“From my own novel. Because in the City, you know there is nothing else, it is a place without roads, without real people, without…

— Ben Farmer

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

“Don’t start right off writing the ‘Great American Novel’, that's too much pressure and you'll get disappointed; start with porn, it’s fun and a…

— scavola

Race is the true protagonist of the American novel. Our most popular classic fictions have known this, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Beloved;' all these…

— Kevin Young

“I told them this novel was an American classic, in many ways the quintessential American novel. There were other contenders: The Adventures of Huckleberry…

— Azar Nafisi

Dreiser wanted to write the next great American novel, and his desperation pervades [ Sister Carrie ] like an unsavory pit stain.

— Theodore Dreiser

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 try to keep up with what’s being done in every field, and most children’s books are ten times more enjoyable than the average…

— Ray Bradbury

“There is a novella inside every anus; there is a broken heart inside every mind; there is a bisected hug inside every arm; there…

— Jimmy Chen

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

— Dr. Seuss

“Great American Novel” = ”doorstop of a book, usually pretentious, written by a man.”

— Lionel Shriver

With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified…

— Bob Shacochis

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

— Anne Waldman

People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a…

— Isabel Allende

“[upon hearing that the school received funding for the football field, but not for any of the arts] Well, we might never have another…

— Chris O'Guinn