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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."

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"It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

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"I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive."

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"I sing in the car if I'm in LA, because you're like soundproofed."

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"One morning, about four o'clock, I was driving my car just about as fast as I could. I thought, Why am I out this time of night? I was miserable, and it came to me: I'm falling in love with somebody I have no right to fall in love with."

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"My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car."

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"I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime."

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"One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car."

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"We had the guys from X Men 2 do the cameras. They had a 360 camera that would go from one car, up in the air and over to another car in a continuous shot while the film was still rolling, going 90 mph."

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"Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president."

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"The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam."

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Donna Grant

"In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you're saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat. If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it."

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