E. L. Doctorow Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



E. L. Doctorow Quotes and Sayings


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    Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't know who the hell I am. Maybe that says something about bookstore clerks. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF
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    Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E. L. Doctorow | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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