Here's how it goes: I'm up at the stroke of 10 or 10:30. I have breakfast and read the papers, and then it's lunchtime. Then maybe a little nap after lunch and out to the gym, and before I know it, it's time to have a drink.
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.