More quotes by E. L. Doctorow
There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only narrative.
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.
History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!
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