Trust One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.... E. L. Doctorow 9
Car It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E. L. Doctorow 8
Computers I started on computers with 'Billy Bathgate,' a little orange screen with black letters. I thought it was really cool, but it actually slowed me up... E. L. Doctorow 5