Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E. L. Doctorow drivefogheadlight Change image and share on social
If we ever find out how the brain works, with all its complexity, then we will be able to build a machine that has consciousness. And if that happens, that is a road to planetary disaster because everything we've thought about ourselves, since the Bronze Age, the Bible, all of that will be gone. E. L. Doctorow agebiblebrain share on social
People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction. E. L. Doctorow directionivykind Change image and share on social
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. E. L. Doctorow acceptableformschizophrenia Change image and share on social
When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it. E. L. Doctorow bookcriticallyfind Change image and share on social
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society. E. L. Doctorow artassimilationavenue 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've outlasted many marriages at Random House. E. L. Doctorow havehousemarriage 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
Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway. E. L. Doctorow beginbookgreat Change image and share on social