E. L. Doctorow - From the Artists category:
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)
E. L. Doctorow - From the Books category:
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)
E. L. Doctorow - From the Exploration category:
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. (E. L. Doctorow)
E. L. Doctorow - From the Planning category:
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)
E. L. Doctorow - From the Risk category:
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)
E. L. Doctorow - From the Senses category:
Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it's raining, but the feel of being rained upon. (E. L. Doctorow)
E. L. Doctorow - From the Writing category:
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. (E. L. Doctorow)
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