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Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings to the rot and corruption of capitalist exploitation. Churches the illusion of sacred sanctuary of purposes of pacifying social discontent. Courtrooms of course designed to promote the illusion of solemn justice. If there was true justice why would such trappings be necessary? Wouldn't a table and chairs and an ordinary room serve just as well?

E. L. Doctorow's Popular Quotes

A novel is a printed circuit through which flows the force of a reader's own life.

- E. L. Doctorow

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.

- E. L. Doctorow

A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins.

- E. L. Doctorow

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

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.

- E. L. Doctorow

We are able to walk on air, but only as long as our illusion supports us.

- E. L. Doctorow

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

- E. L. Doctorow

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

- E. L. Doctorow

We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.

- E. L. Doctorow