Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction. E. L. Doctorow actbookcall Change image and share on social
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 bookcomposecomposition Change image and share on social
It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books. E. L. Doctorow answerbookliterature Change image and share on social
My sense of what a book should be has changed so radically. I like to think for the better. E. L. Doctorow bookchangeradically Change image and share on social
Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer. E. L. Doctorow aliveauthorbook share on social
To have the regard of one's peers is immensely moving. E. L. Doctorow immenselymovepeer Change image and share on social
I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them. E. L. Doctorow childearlymarry Change image and share on social
I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader. E. L. Doctorow discoveryfindintrigue Change image and share on social
My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the day would come to shop. He knew the classical repertoire inside out. E. L. Doctorow classicaldayfather Change image and share on social
There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative. E. L. Doctorow fictionlongnarrative Change image and share on social