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
There are always greater fish than you have caught, always the lure of greater task and achievement, always the inspiration to seek, to endure, to find.
If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.
Recipe For Greatness - To bear up under loss; To fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief; To be victor over anger; To smile when tears are close; To resist disease and evil men and base instincts; To hate hate and to love love; To go on when it would seen good to die; To look up with unquenchable faith in something ever more about to be. That is what any man can do, and be great.
Love of man for woman--love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.