Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis
Harry Sinclair Lewiswas an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 February 1885
CitySauk Centre, MN
CountryUnited States of America
I have faith in Faith, I have reverence for all true Reverence.
It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth living.
There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.
She was snatched back from a dream of far countries, and found herself on Main Street.
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.
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.
People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity.
His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.
Winter is not a season in the North Middlewest; it is an industry.
Love is the one thing that can really sure-enough lighten all of life's dark clouds.