On his writing style
Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
Variante: 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.
Source: Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews
E. L. Doctorow: 25 citations0 J'aime
E. L. Doctorow: Citations en anglais
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
“There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking.”
E.L. Doctorow livre Homer & Langley
Source: Homer & Langley
“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”
The New York Times (20 October 1985)
Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
E.L. Doctorow livre Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate (1989), Ch. 19
“Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.”
International Herald Tribune (1 October 1990)
“I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.”
Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
“There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only narrative.”
New York Times Book Review (27 January 1988)
E.L. Doctorow livre Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate (1989), Ch. 16
