Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted. Don DeLillo afflictcompanydraw Change image and share on social
True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to. Don DeLillo actalteraspire Change image and share on social
I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like. Don DeLillo constructionjuxtapositionsentence Change image and share on social
There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live. Don DeLillo forcelivemoral Change image and share on social
I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. Don DeLillo abstracteuropeanexpressionism Change image and share on social
The language of my books has shaped me as a man. Don DeLillo booklanguageman Change image and share on social
The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it? Don DeLillo endlifemean Change image and share on social
People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power. Don DeLillo arrangementfurtherlargely Change image and share on social