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I like commas. I detest semi-colons — I don’t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn’t need them, they were fly-specks on the page.
E. L. Doctorow
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E. L. Doctorow
Age: 84 †
Born: 1931
Born: January 6
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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Edgar Laurence Doctorow
Edgar Lawrence Doctorow
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The Shadow had no imagination. He neither looked at naked women nor thought of ridding the world of dictators like Hitler or Mussolini.
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It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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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.
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Dad is always hiding in his book.
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Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read.
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