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E. L. Doctorow was an American author renowned for his historical novels. His works often use the backdrop of American history to delve into the complexities of human nature. Born on January 6, 1931, Doctorow passed away on July 21, 2015.

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Famous E. L. Doctorow Quotes

“There is really no fiction or non-fiction; there is only narrative. One mode of perception has no greater claim on the truth than the other; that the distance has perhaps to do with distance - narrative distance - from the characters; it has to do with the kind of voice that is talking, but it certainly hasn't to do with the common distribution between fact and imagination.”

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Author:E. L. Doctorow

“What we call fiction is the ancient way of knowing, the total discourse that antedates all the special vocabularies....Fiction is democratic, it reasserts the authority of the single mind to make and remake the world.”

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Author:E. L. Doctorow

“There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.”

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Author:E. L. Doctorow

“I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only narrative.”

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Book:Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992

Source: Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992

“Facts are the images of history, just as images are the facts of fiction.”

Facts Fiction

Book:Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992

Source: Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992

“A novel is a printed circuit through which flows the force of a reader's own life.”

Force Fiction Novel Reader Flow Printed Circuits

Book:Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992

Source: Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992

“It may be that the most avid readers of new fiction in America today are film producers, an indication of the trouble were in.”

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Book:Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992

Source: Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992

About the Author

Born: January 6, 1931
Died: July 21, 2015
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Quotes: 99

Books & Sources

Homer & Langley: A NovelRelated source material

Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992Related source material

The Book of Daniel: A NovelRelated source material

Loon Lake: A NovelRelated source material

Ragtime: A NovelRelated source material

Conversations with E.L. DoctorowRelated source material

Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992Related source material

Ragtime, The March, and Homer & Langley: Three Bestselling NovelsRelated source material

Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006Related source material

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