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
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
In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere. E. L. Doctorow borderfiction Change image and share on social
Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice. E. L. Doctorow beholdencongresscorporate share on social
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 bookstorecardclerk Change image and share on social
I've outlasted many marriages at Random House. E. L. Doctorow havehousemarriage Change image and share on social
A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to. E. L. Doctorow beginfindread Change image and share on social
