E. L. Doctorow Quotes

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

E. L. Doctorow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 6, 1931 - July 21, 2015

Topics

FogWritingNightDrivingYouWay

We're divorced from my father because he did some mean and scary things to us.

Mattie Stepanek

FatherMeanScaryThingsUsBecause

I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That's all I'm really trying to do.

Meshell Ndegeocello

SongStoryTryingYouTryEmotion

When young people implode, we judge them rather than saying they need help.

Amanda de Cadenet

PeopleSayingJudgeHelpYoungNeed

I feel comfortable in my own skin writing about the things that I like because I know that there are other people out there that understand what I'm talking about.

Shooter Jennings

PeopleWritingFeelTalkingSkin

It is the duty of Congress to ensure our lead regulations are up to date and consistent with modern detection methods so that we can better protect children from the harmful consequences of exposure.

Mike Quigley

ChildrenBetterConsequencesDutyUp

I remember when the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly intractable problems get solved.

Lucy Walker

ProblemsRememberWallBerlin Wall

I think I've become more aware of aging in the last couple of years because of friends dying of cancer or friends' parents dying and myself - I'm still healthy, but I'm aging, and that's something that I think about more, even though I shouldn't be too concerned.

Jose Gonzalez

MyselfAgingParentsThinkFriends

When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!

Derek Jeter

TimeParentsMeRememberAlways

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.

Chris Evans

WomenDayEqualityMeSheFeminism

There was a time when the conservative movement was led by the likes of Bill Buckley and Irving Kristol and Bob Bartley, men of ideas who invested the Republican Party with intellectual seriousness.

Bret Stephens

TimeMenIdeasPartyIntellectual

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

William Hazlitt

JokeSureSomeGenerally

I don't think success is complicated; if you do something that works, then it's a success.

Peter Thiel

SuccessThinkYouComplicatedWorks

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