"Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society." ― E. L. Doctorow Topic(s): Politics More From E. L. Doctorow "It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." "One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing." "I’m not the sort of writer who can walk into a party and take a look around, see who’s sleeping with whom and go home and write a novel about society. It’s not the way I work." More In Politics "I’m active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue."― Mandy Patinkin "One person I’ve always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones."― Nancy McKeon "Politics is the art of the possible."― Otto von Bismarck