It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

— Sinclair Lewis

It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.

— Sinclair Lewis

I was feeling rational and restless, which is horrible for watching movies

— Sinclair Lewis

Like every thoughtful parent in every age of history, Neil consoled himself, "My generation failed, but this new one is going to change the entire world, and go piously to the polls even on rainy election-days, and never drink more than one cocktail, and end all war.

— Sinclair Lewis

NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.

— Sinclair Lewis

Oh, quit it! You're the possessor of a beautiful wife, a beautiful gas-stove, and you were going to forget all this race-hysteria.

— Sinclair Lewis

People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'

— Sinclair Lewis

People will buy anything that's one to a customer.

— Sinclair Lewis

Rabbit was an average father. He was affectionate, bullying, opinionated, ignorant, and rather wistful. Like most parents he enjoyed the game of waiting till the victim was clearly wrong, then virtuously pouncing.

— Sinclair Lewis

So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.

— Sinclair Lewis