E. L. Doctorow Quote

I don't want a style. This was something that I was trying to explain earlier, that I want the book to invent itself. I think that the minute a writer knows what his style is, he's finished. Because then you see your own limits, and you hear your own voice in your head. At that point you might as well close up shop.

Paris Review (Winter 1986)

I don't want a style. This was something that I was trying to explain earlier, that I want the book to invent itself. I think that the minute a...

I don't want a style. This was something that I was trying to explain earlier, that I want the book to invent itself. I think that the minute a...

I don't want a style. This was something that I was trying to explain earlier, that I want the book to invent itself. I think that the minute a...

I don't want a style. This was something that I was trying to explain earlier, that I want the book to invent itself. I think that the minute a...