E. L. Doctorow, on writing:

Writing is an exploration.

You start from nothing and learn as you go.

- E. L. Doctorow.

E. L. Doctorow, on writing:

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining,

but the feeling of being rained upon.

- E. L. Doctorow.

Born on this day – E. L. Doctorow:

E. L. Doctorow

Writer

January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015

Credits:

Welcome to Hard Times (1960); Big As Life (1966); The Book of Daniel (1971); Ragtime (1975); Drinks Before Dinner (1979); Loon Lake (1980); American Anthem (1982); World's Fair (1985); Billy Bathgate (1989); The Waterworks (1994); City of God (2000); The March (2005); Homer & Langley (2009); Andrew's Brain (2014); Lives of the Poets (1984); Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake (2003); Sweet Land Stories (2004); Poems for Life: A Special Collection of Poetry (2011); All the Time in the World (2011); Essays and Conversations (1983); Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992 (1993); Poets and Presidents: Selected Essays, 1977-92 (1994); Lamentation: 9/11 (2002); Reporting the Universe (2003); Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006 (2006); Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth (1986); Writing New York (1998); The Best American Short Stories 2000 (2000); The Good Parts (2000); Writers on Writing (2001).