Quotes by E L Doctorow

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.

#Politics

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers...

#Writers

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

#Writers

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far...

#E L Doctorow

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

#E L Doctorow

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

#E L Doctorow

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

#E L Doctorow

We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where...

#E L Doctorow

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.

#E L Doctorow

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing,...

#E L Doctorow

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but...

#E L Doctorow

In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that...

#E L Doctorow