WIST

Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as the headlights, but you make the whole trip that way.

E. L. Doctorow (b. 1931) American author, editor
Writers at Work, 8th ed., ed. by George Plimpton (1988)

The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people’s suffering for his principles.

E. L. Doctorow (b. 1931) American author, editor
Commencement address, Brandeis University (21 May 1989)