“I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means so...” — E. L. Doctorow Quote

“I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.”

“From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.”

“Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.”

“None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.”

“I've found numerous things - settlements, temples, possible pyramids, forts, roads - the list goes on and on. I'm not as interested in the discoveries as the types of questions they help us formulate.”

“There is a great difference between discoveries and inventions. With discoveries, one can always be skeptical, and many surprises can take place. In the case of inventions, surprises can really only occur for people who have not had anything to do with it.”