"Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet." ― Zane Grey From Zane Grey Novelist Added on 1/31/2026 About Zane Grey Zane Grey was an American novelist whose best-selling western fiction helped define the genre in 20th-century popular culture. His novel Riders of the Purple Sage became one of the landmark works of western literature. Born: 1872-01-31 Died: 1939-10-23 View all quotes from Zane Grey