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Don DeLillo Quotes

To portray America over the past twenty years or so, I would think immediately of football, probably the Super Bowl in its sumptuous suggestion of a national death wish Picture Quote #1

I would never write in response to what I believe the public wanted or needed Picture Quote #1

A novel determines its own size and shape and I’ve never tried to stretch an idea beyond the frame and structure it seemed to require Picture Quote #1

Writers, some of us, may tend to see things before other people do, things that are right there but aren’t noticed in the way that a writer might notice Picture Quote #1

Certainly I’ve never tried to imagine what the future will hold. It’s a hopeless endeavor to try to do such a thing Picture Quote #1

I think literature has lost it’s power. Great novels continue to be written, but they are no longer changing the world Picture Quote #1

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We live in an age of rapid mass media, television, Internet. They determine our tempo, not books Picture Quote #1

The genius of rock music is that it matched the cultural hysteria around it Picture Quote #1

A writer decides to follow some ideas and not others for reasons that aren’t always clear to him. It’s often a matter of intuition Picture Quote #1

If an idea seems to find its way towards a stage setting, that’s the direction I take. I don’t know if I’m trying to achieve anything other than to follow an idea on to the page Picture Quote #1

That’s what in theory differentiates a writer from everyone else. You see and hear more clearly Picture Quote #1

Terror is now the world narrative, unquestionably. When those two buildings were struck, and when they collapsed, it was, in effect, an extraordinary blow to consciousness, and it changed everything Picture Quote #1

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The world isn’t going to be destroyed, but you don’t feel safe anymore in your plane or train or office or auditorium Picture Quote #1

When I work I have a sculptor’s sense of the shape of the words I’m making. I use a machine with larger than average letters: the bigger the better Picture Quote #1

There are two categories of writers, it could be said: The author who is just a voice, and the one who is also creating a picture. I belong to the latter, because I have an acute visual sense Picture Quote #1

Somehow pictures always lead to people as masses. Books belong to individuals Picture Quote #1

Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists Picture Quote #1

I don’t consider myself paranoid at all. I think I see things exactly as they are Picture Quote #1

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It’s impossible to write about the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath without taking note of twenty-five years of paranoia which has collected around that event Picture Quote #1

Perhaps we’ve invented conspiracies for our own psychic well-being, to heal ourselves Picture Quote #1

There is a set of balances and rhythms to a novel that we can’t experience in real life. So I think there is a sense in which fiction can rescue history from confusion Picture Quote #1

Making things difficult for the reader is less an attack on the reader than it is on the age and its facile knowledge-market Picture Quote #1

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it Picture Quote #1

... Because what’s the meaning of doing dishes if you’re not driven by something beyond necessity Picture Quote #1

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I embarked on my life - I didn’t do anything. I don’t have an explanation Picture Quote #1

It’s no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

America is the world’s living myth. There’s no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We’re here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing Picture Quote #1

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom Picture Quote #1

Doesn’t our knowledge of death make life more precious?’ What good is a preciousness based on fear and anxiety? It’s an anxious quivering thing Picture Quote #1

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To portray America over the past twenty years or so, I would think immediately of football, probably the Super Bowl in its sumptuous suggestion of a national death wish (Don DeLillo Quotes) I would never write in response to what I believe the public wanted or needed (Don DeLillo Quotes) A novel determines its own size and shape and I’ve never tried to stretch an idea beyond the frame and structure it seemed to require (Don DeLillo Quotes) Writers, some of us, may tend to see things before other people do, things that are right there but aren’t noticed in the way that a writer might notice (Don DeLillo Quotes) Certainly I’ve never tried to imagine what the future will hold. It’s a hopeless endeavor to try to do such a thing (Don DeLillo Quotes) I think literature has lost it’s power. Great novels continue to be written, but they are no longer changing the world (Don DeLillo Quotes) We live in an age of rapid mass media, television, Internet. They determine our tempo, not books (Don DeLillo Quotes) The genius of rock music is that it matched the cultural hysteria around it (Don DeLillo Quotes) A writer decides to follow some ideas and not others for reasons that aren’t always clear to him. It’s often a matter of intuition (Don DeLillo Quotes) If an idea seems to find its way towards a stage setting, that’s the direction I take. I don’t know if I’m trying to achieve anything other than to follow an idea on to the page (Don DeLillo Quotes) That’s what in theory differentiates a writer from everyone else. You see and hear more clearly (Don DeLillo Quotes) Terror is now the world narrative, unquestionably. When those two buildings were struck, and when they collapsed, it was, in effect, an extraordinary blow to consciousness, and it changed everything (Don DeLillo Quotes) The world isn’t going to be destroyed, but you don’t feel safe anymore in your plane or train or office or auditorium (Don DeLillo Quotes) When I work I have a sculptor’s sense of the shape of the words I’m making. I use a machine with larger than average letters: the bigger the better (Don DeLillo Quotes) There are two categories of writers, it could be said: The author who is just a voice, and the one who is also creating a picture. I belong to the latter, because I have an acute visual sense (Don DeLillo Quotes) Somehow pictures always lead to people as masses. Books belong to individuals (Don DeLillo Quotes) Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists (Don DeLillo Quotes) I don’t consider myself paranoid at all. I think I see things exactly as they are (Don DeLillo Quotes) It’s impossible to write about the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath without taking note of twenty-five years of paranoia which has collected around that event (Don DeLillo Quotes) Perhaps we’ve invented conspiracies for our own psychic well-being, to heal ourselves (Don DeLillo Quotes) There is a set of balances and rhythms to a novel that we can’t experience in real life. So I think there is a sense in which fiction can rescue history from confusion (Don DeLillo Quotes) Making things difficult for the reader is less an attack on the reader than it is on the age and its facile knowledge-market (Don DeLillo Quotes) A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it (Don DeLillo Quotes) ... Because what’s the meaning of doing dishes if you’re not driven by something beyond necessity (Don DeLillo Quotes) I embarked on my life - I didn’t do anything. I don’t have an explanation (Don DeLillo Quotes) It’s no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture (Don DeLillo Quotes) 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 Quotes) America is the world’s living myth. There’s no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We’re here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing (Don DeLillo Quotes) California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom (Don DeLillo Quotes) Doesn’t our knowledge of death make life more precious?’ What good is a preciousness based on fear and anxiety? It’s an anxious quivering thing (Don DeLillo Quotes)

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