E. L. Doctorow

Quotes by E. L. Doctorow

 

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

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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

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

E. L. Doctorow

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