E. L. Doctorow Quotes

I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.

E. L. Doctorow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GodMeWorldBookThinkDone

Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.

Jocko Willink

SomeoneImproveActivityRecommend

I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.

John Burns

MindMeSmokePersonThreeDrink

Sometimes your worst competitors are the ones which are dying because they do stupid things.

John Caudwell

StupidSometimesWorstDyingThings

If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am.

Robert Plant

I AmYoungAm

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.

Jean-Paul Sartre

LifeDeathBecomeGoingStillDies

Journalism is not writing.

Michael Cimino

WritingJournalism

I'm usually woken by a vibration on my up-band. It's the gradual vibration for about ten seconds, and then the chimes of my blue light. It's just a way to wake gently. It all gently puts me into awake-mode. I play music off of my Sonos playlist. 'The Rachmaninoff Concerto 3 in D-minor', 1st movement.

Amy Tan

MusicLightBlueMePlayWay

I have a deep, scratchy voice. Boys would call me Froggy, and my father would often tell me to shut my 'big bazoo.' I remember standing in line for confession. After I walked out, the other kids were like, 'You punched your sister in the face?' Because of my voice, my confession was like speaking into a loudspeaker.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

FatherMeSisterVoiceFaceDeep

If I feel like doing something, I do it. If I feel like saying something, I say it. If I feel like dancing, I do. If I don't, I don't.

Trace Adkins

SayingFeelDoingSayDancingLike

I'm not a writer, but I'm very good at editing. That's my specialty. I can read something and tell you everything that's wrong with it and what's great about it and what needs to change, but it's hard for me to organize my thoughts.

Tracy Pollan

ChangeGoodGreatMeThoughtsYou

I went to university for a year, and I'm not one for schooling and have no enjoyment sitting in a classroom all day and ended up going to live in England for two years, just to travel. I worked in a bar in a hotel for a couple of years and had no intention of becoming an actor. That's where I met my agent.

Travis Fimmel

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When I turned 18, my mom, my nana and I all went and had tattoos of our favorite Bible verses put on the inside of our wrists. Mine is 1st Timothy, 4:12.

Jordin Sparks

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