Zane Grey
Zane Grey
Pearl Zane Greywas an American dentist and author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sagewas his best-selling book. In addition to the commercial success of his printed works, they had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and television productions. His novels and short stories have been adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 January 1872
CityZanesville, OH
CountryUnited States of America
These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.
I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record.
There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
This motion-picture muddle had distracted me from my writing.
Work is my salvation. It changes my moods.
Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
What is writing but an expression of my own life?
I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.
I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.
Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.
I hope I have found myself, my work, my happiness - under the light of the western skies.
I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness.
Realism is death to me. I cannot stand life as it is.
Before exulatation had vanished, I felt as if I had been granted a marvellous privilege. Out of the inscrutable waters a beautiful fish had somehow leaped to show me fleetingly the life and spirit of his element.