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
In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere. E. L. Doctorow borderfiction 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
The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century. E. L. Doctorow centurymakereason Change image and share on social
Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars. E. L. Doctorow dangerousfactfront Change image and share on social
I'm not the sort of writer who can walk into a party and take a look around, see who's sleeping with whom and go home and write a novel about society. It's not the way I work. E. L. Doctorow homepartysleep Change image and share on social
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 attractedgenervy Change image and share on social
One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. E. L. Doctorow actfindlearn Change image and share on social
Somewhere along the line the rhythms and tonalities of music elided in my brain with the sounds that words make and the rhythm that sentences have. E. L. Doctorow brainelideline Change image and share on social
