“In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state… It’s become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.”E.L. Doctorow Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
“History is the present. That’s why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.”E.L. Doctorow Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
“I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.”E.L. Doctorow Interview in Writers at Work (1988)