Books Quote by E. L. Doctorow

“I feel like the only reason we’re able to find some of these unique ideas, characters, and story twists is through discovery. And, by…

— Ed Catmull

Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things.

— Noam Chomsky

If I'd done the discovery before I wrote the book, then there would be nothing to discover. It would feel dutiful instead of exciting.

— Heidi Julavits

“We do want progress in our knowledge and growth in our understanding, but we have to be careful not to be lured into the…

— R.C. Sproul

It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's beyond in…

— Michael Ondaatje

A writer helps to show you things you knew but didn't know you knew.

— Dennis Potter

The tiny, initial clue ... by allowing us to imagine what we do not know, stimulates a desire for knowledge.

— Marcel Proust

One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position…

— E. L. Doctorow

Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky

— Noam Chomsky

Whatever has been discovered has to be put to use - otherwise, what is the use of the discovery?

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Discoveries are always accidental; and the great use of science is by investigating the nature of the effects produced by any process or contrivance,…

— Benjamin Thompson

Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery.

— Siddhartha Mukherjee