Dystopian Author Quotes

Sinclair Lewis Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

Sinclair Lewis Writing is just work-there’s no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it’s still just work.

Sinclair Lewis It is impossible to discourage the real writers – they don’t give a damn what you say, they’re going to write.

Sinclair Lewis Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn […]

Sinclair Lewis Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.

Sinclair Lewis I was brought up to believe that the Christian God wasn’t a scared and compromising public servant, but the creator of the whole merciless […]

Sinclair Lewis Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

Sinclair Lewis Why is it that traveling Americans are always so dreadful?

Sinclair Lewis In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn’t the initial cost, it’s the humidity.