e.l. doctorow. he died yesterday at age '84. >> i don't know what i set out to do. i set out to write. and it's funny how these books one is added to another. someone pointed out to me a couple years ago that you could line them up and in effect now with this book, get 150 years of american history visionary rendering american history. >> rose: on this evening we remember and appreciate e.l. doctorow for the hour. funding for charlie rose is provided >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: this evening we remember the acclaimed novelist e.l. doctorow. he died in manhattan yesterday from complications of lung cancer. he was 84. "the new york times" described him as a quote literary time traveler who stirred the past into fiction and one of the conte

e.l. doctorow forged his reputation with such historical novels as "ragtime" and "billy bathgate." in "the book of daniel" he explored the execution of julius and ethel rosenberg as communists in the 1950s. doctorow is one of the most honored authors of our time. on twitter president obama praised him as one of america's greatest novelists and said his books had taught him much. >>> fans of the late theodore geisel, better known as dr. seuss, are in for a real treat. a long lost dr. seuss book will be published next tuesday with the first printing of 1 million copies. it's called "what pet should i get?" it includes some familiar characters to seuss fans, including the brother and sister from "one fish, two fish." it's thought to have been written back in the 1950s or '60s. it remained undiscovered until about two years ago. >>> when we come back, the urban jungle. is that what people think it is? roaming city streets. next at 6: breaking news. ==vo== evacuations and rescues becau of this growing wild fire nearlake berryessa. the crash that started it all. ==raj/vo== and: a hayward

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e.l. doctorow has died at the age of 84. known for his novels "ragtime," "billy bathgate," and "the march," about general william sherman's march into atlanta, doctorow was a leading voice in contemporary literature. he died tuesday in manhattan after a battle with lung cancer. the renowned actor, musician composer, and activist theodore bikel has died at the age of 91. bikel was known for creating the role of baron von trapp in, "the sound of music," on broadway and for the role of tevye in "fiddler on the roof," which he played more than 2000 times. he was a folk singer who cofounded the newport folk festival with pete seeger, and also an outspoken critic of israeli policy, including plans to forcibly relocate 40,000 bedouin arabs from their ancestral lands. which he denounced on democracy now! >> one thing that is absolutely clear in my mind is that human beings cannot be treated like cattle. human beings must be given the dignity and the respect that all human beings deserve, especially by a people who themselves choose

doctorow in his own words. charlie: are you constantly aware of two tracks -- one is writing the best novel you can write and pushing some envelope of literary form? e.l think that way. books begin for me, as i said, as an image or sound. i just pursue that. sometimes it turns into a book but the only rule is does it work? charlie: how do you define whether it works or not? e.l.: if it works for you, if it keeps its tension, if it is a story worth telling. charlie: if the characters are alive for you. e.l.: if everything. you just feel yourself on the nerve of the book. if you are off the nerve, you can tell immediately. it's not a rational way of working. you don't start with a plan or outline or intention. that's the worst and you can do. you let the looks happen along its own line. it instructs you, it gives you gifts. charlie: charlie:. do you search for another book or do you wait for it? e.l.: i never search for a book. they begin with serious, evocative states of arousal, mental arousal. private emotions brought on by a phrase or a piece of music and then you write to find out why that is so evocative. "billy bathgate," i just had an image of m