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(1857—1938), US attorney

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a lot more if I had been understood.

(1885—1933)

U.S. humorist

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

(1885—1933)

U.S. humorist

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.

(1910—1974)

U.S. mystery writer

Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way around.

(1713—1784), French philosopher

All children are essentially criminal.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

(1911—1974)

U.S. baseball player

It ain't bragging if you really done it.

Named for Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Lawrence Doctorow occupies a central position in the history of American literature. On a shortlist that might also include Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, John Updike, Saul Bellow, and Don DeLillo, E. L. Doctorow is generally  […]