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
I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.
No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.
Fishing is a condition of the mind wherein one cannot have a bad time.
A good rule of angling philosophy is not to interfere with any fishermans ways of being happy, unless you want to be hated.
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.
I hope I have found myself, my work, my happiness - under the light of the western skies.
Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.
Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.
Jealousy is an unjust and stifling thing.
I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.