I started on computers with 'Billy Bathgate,' a little orange screen with black letters. I thought it was really cool, but it actually slowed me up for a while because it's so easy to revise, I tended to stay on the same page. I've learned to discipline myself.
More Quotes by E. L. Doctorow
Movies are too literal.
It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.