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E. L. Doctorow

" The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. "

Novelists

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

Exploration , Personal , Writing

" 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. "

Night , Journey , Writing

" I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them. "

Answers

" The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card. "

Giving , Important

" The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. "

Novelists

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

Nature , Writing , Rain

" We are able to walk on air, but only as long as our illusion supports us. "

Support , Long , Air

" A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins. "

People , Writing

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

Inspiration , Writing , Talking

" We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy. "

Littles

" The poem is a cry of the unborn heart. Yes, because the poem perfectly embodies the world, there is no world without poem. "

Heart , World

" Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty is no more than the beauty of gold, which is to say false and cold and useless. "

Gold , Ethics , Useless

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