A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesn't live his life in a certain way, this death is an introduction to an eternity of pain. Don DeLillo catholicdeathdie Change image and share on social
In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic. Don DeLillo atavisticfacetechnology Change image and share on social
I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is only the beginning. What will happen when it moves into three dimensions? Don DeLillo begindimensionfinish Change image and share on social
If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely. Don DeLillo centraldeadenjoy Change image and share on social
Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there. Don DeLillo endfinallylearn Change image and share on social
Silence, exile, cunning and so on... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things. Even the ideas in my work. Don DeLillo cunningexileidea Change image and share on social
I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language. Don DeLillo beautyfeltfiction Change image and share on social
I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore. Don DeLillo anymorefictionjob Change image and share on social
I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's where I belong, that's where my work belongs. Don DeLillo belongfeelhave Change image and share on social