E. L. Doctorow Quotes

A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.

E. L. Doctorow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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WorkTimeYouPlaceGeographyDwell

I prioritize in life. I like to work, I do TV shows, I do a lot of Iron Man training. I enjoy kicking back on a good night and drinking wine until I go to bed, and having fun with my friends. You just have to make time for it and keep it balanced.

Joe Bastianich

LifeWorkGoodTimeManTraining

I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock, as a shipping agent in New York. Any writer who thinks they should be given patronage because of their gift... you don't have to look too far in history to see that's just not the case.

Jess Walter

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It's perfectly reasonable for someone to be hesitant to share their personal information with the government. The Census Bureau shouldn't be forcing anyone to share the route they take their kids to school or any information other than how many people live in their home.

Jeff Duncan

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To me, 'Glee' is totally fantastic.

Stephen Karam

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For many years as a foreign correspondent, I not only worked alongside human rights advocates, but considered myself one of them. To defend the rights of those who have none was the reason I became a journalist in the first place. Now, I see the human rights movement as opposing human rights.

Stephen Kinzer

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Vampirism, for me, was a way to live in fantasy and have superpowers, but not just in a really perfect, happy, everything is great way. It's superpowers with a cost. It's having to be the villain, and what do you do about that.

Stephenie Meyer

LiveGreatHappyMeVillainYou

I like wearing my dad's sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a baby.

Troian Bellisario

MeBabyBecauseSweatersLikeKnew

A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be interpreted. You don't have a choice... Each play can become many things.

Mike Nichols

MysteryYouChoicePlayBecomeOpen

Just be true all the way through, and people can't do anything but respect you for it.

Luke James

RespectPeopleYouBe TrueTrueWay

That has been the concept to my life - setting very high objectives and trying to fulfil them.

Juan Manuel Santos

LifeMy LifeTryingHighBeenVery

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not.

Joyce Meyer

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We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.

Javier Bardem

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