“A writer of books has to admit that film is the enemy, and that in my case I have been sleeping with the enemy.” Has BeensBookFilmLanguageSleepEnemyCases Author:E. L. Doctorow
“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. I did that with 'World's Fair' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.” WorldWritingBookPositionDiscoveryFairsInvention Author:E. L. Doctorow
“Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read.” ChildrenBookParentWorryRaised Author:E. L. Doctorow
“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.” PeopleWritingBookDown AndStakesCompositionCreative WritingHazardsWriting Every Day Author:E. L. Doctorow
