“It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”

— E.L. Doctorow

On his writing style
Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
Variant: 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

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