“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing is writing. 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.” PeopleWayWritingWholeNightTalkingDrivingPlanningFogHeadlightsOutlining 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.” WorldWayWritingMindFictionKnowingSpecialAuthorityDemocraticAncientDiscourseVocabularyRemakes Author:E. L. Doctorow
“And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.” WayHeartOrdinaryTormentExceptionalUnendurable Book:City of God: A Novel Source: City of God: A Novel
“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.” WayWritingWholeNightJourneyDrivingFogWriting AdviceGreat WritersFiction WritingWriters And WritingFiction WritersNovel WritingWriting FictionWriting By WritersCreativity And WritingInspiration To WriteHeadlightsWriting From Famous AuthorsRagtimeLearning How To Write Author:E. L. Doctorow
“Implications of treason are fed like cubes of sugar to the twelve-headed animal which is justice. In ... opening remarks. In the way questions are asked. In support of lines of questioning where cases of treason are cited and the Judge endorses the relevance of the citation.” WayLinesJusticeAnimalCasesSupportJudgingOpeningFedsSugarTwelveQuestioningRemarksRelevanceImplicationsTreasonCubesCitations Book:The Book of Daniel: A Novel Source: The Book of Daniel: A Novel
“When I'm writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences.” WayWritingLooksFacesWallWindowSentencesSeals Author:E. L. Doctorow
