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E. L. Doctorow on Writing

1931–2015 United States

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

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

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Interview in Writers at Work (1988)

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