He was a brilliant man, a complex man. The march justified him as a military man, but he had a great deal of guilt about it, and when the war was over he immediately left his troops and went down to do rescue-and-recovery operations. He wanted to rehabilitate the people he'd been destroying and dispossessing. - L. Doctorow Quotes
He was a brilliant man, a complex man. The march justified him as a military man, but he had a great deal of guilt about it, and when the war was over he immediately left his troops and went down to do rescue-and-recovery operations. He wanted to rehabilitate the people he'd been destroying and dispossessing. L. Doctorow
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It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. - L. Doctorow Quotes

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

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 Creativity
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. - L. Doctorow Quotes

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

L. Doctorow

 Exploration
Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. - L. Doctorow Quotes

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

L. Doctorow

 People
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. - L. Doctorow Quotes

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.

L. Doctorow

 History
If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. - L. Doctorow Quotes

If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

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I don't see any point in making a big fuss about it.  I just said, 'No, thank you.' - L. Doctorow Quotes

I don't see any point in making a big fuss about it.  I just said, 'No, thank you.'

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Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. - L. Doctorow Quotes

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

L. Doctorow

 Writers And Writing
There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative. - L. Doctorow Quotes

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.

L. Doctorow

 Fiction
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. - L. Doctorow Quotes

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

L. Doctorow

 People
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. - L. Doctorow Quotes

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.

L. Doctorow

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