Longing, the hope for fulfillment, is the one unwavering passion of the world's commerce.
E. L. DoctorowMost people are quiet in the world, and live in it tentatively, as if it were not their own.
E. L. DoctorowI've known several cases of writers who decide to write about something and they research the hell out of it and when they're ready to write, they can't move because they are so burdened. I start writing. Whatever I need somehow comes to hand.
E. L. Doctorow