Quotes by E L Doctorow

I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.

#E L Doctorow

I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.

#E L Doctorow

I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't...

#E L Doctorow

History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people...

#E L Doctorow

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that...

#E L Doctorow

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

#Planning

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

#Writers

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

#Writing

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

#Writing