I've outlasted many marriages at Random House. E. L. Doctorow havehousemarriage Change image and share on social
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 centurydetrimentdevelop share on social
There are two books that impressed me when I was very young. One was 'The Adventures of Augie March' - the idea of having something so generous, and so adventurous and improvisatory. The other was 'The U.S.A. Trilogy,' by John Dos Passos. E. L. Doctorow adventureadventurousaugie share on social
From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on. E. L. Doctorow agreeanswerday Change image and share on social
I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech. E. L. Doctorow losepreparespeech Change image and share on social
I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page. E. L. Doctorow agobelongcolon Change image and share on social
The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity. E. L. Doctorow ambiguitydwellfiction Change image and share on social
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 cardriveheadlight Change image and share on social
I like to think of myself as an unmediated novelist - or perhaps a national novelist. E. L. Doctorow nationalnovelistunmediated Change image and share on social
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 evokefactfelt Change image and share on social
