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Quotes from Interview in Writers at Work — E. L. Doctorow

1931–2015 United States

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History is the present. That’s why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.

Interview in Writers at Work (1988)

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

Interview in Writers at Work (1988)

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Interview in Writers at Work (1988)

I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.

Interview in Writers at Work (1988)

The writer isn’t made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

Interview in Writers at Work (1988)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: E. L. Doctorow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.