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E L Doctorow Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Uncharged with invisible meaning, the visible is nothing, mere clay; and without visible circumstance, a territory, to connect to, our spirit is shapeless, nameless, and undefined Picture Quote #1

Every major work of art is a transgression, but the artist is not necessarily, by nature, a transgressor Picture Quote #1

The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people’s suffering for his principles Picture Quote #1

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card Picture Quote #1

And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart Picture Quote #1

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My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in Picture Quote #1

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society Picture Quote #1

Facts are the images of history, just as images are the facts of fiction Picture Quote #1

Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours Picture Quote #1

Time seems to me a drift, a shifting of sand. And my mind is shifting with it. I am wearing away Picture Quote #1

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like Picture Quote #1

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We make a mistake to condescend to the past as if it were preparatory to our own time Picture Quote #1

A novel is a printed circuit through which flows the force of a reader’s own life Picture Quote #1

Most people are quiet in the world, and live in it tentatively, as if it were not their own Picture Quote #1

Anyone at any age is able to tell the story of his or her life with authority Picture Quote #1

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only narrative Picture Quote #1

Longing, the hope for fulfillment, is the one unwavering passion of the world’s commerce Picture Quote #1

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When you’re working well, you don’t do research. Whatever you need comes to you Picture Quote #1

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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 (E L Doctorow Quotes) Uncharged with invisible meaning, the visible is nothing, mere clay; and without visible circumstance, a territory, to connect to, our spirit is shapeless, nameless, and undefined (E L Doctorow Quotes) Every major work of art is a transgression, but the artist is not necessarily, by nature, a transgressor (E L Doctorow Quotes) The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people’s suffering for his principles (E L Doctorow Quotes) The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card (E L Doctorow Quotes) And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart (E L Doctorow Quotes) My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in (E L Doctorow Quotes) Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society (E L Doctorow Quotes) Facts are the images of history, just as images are the facts of fiction (E L Doctorow Quotes) Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours (E L Doctorow Quotes) Time seems to me a drift, a shifting of sand. And my mind is shifting with it. I am wearing away (E L Doctorow Quotes) The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like (E L Doctorow Quotes) We make a mistake to condescend to the past as if it were preparatory to our own time (E L Doctorow Quotes) A novel is a printed circuit through which flows the force of a reader’s own life (E L Doctorow Quotes) Most people are quiet in the world, and live in it tentatively, as if it were not their own (E L Doctorow Quotes) Anyone at any age is able to tell the story of his or her life with authority (E L Doctorow Quotes) There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only narrative (E L Doctorow Quotes) Longing, the hope for fulfillment, is the one unwavering passion of the world’s commerce (E L Doctorow Quotes) When you’re working well, you don’t do research. Whatever you need comes to you (E L Doctorow Quotes)

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