E L Doctorow Quotes & Sayings

Below are more quotes by E L Doctorow.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

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.

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

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