May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan.

Quote by Don DeLillo

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Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's where I belong, that's where my...

I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's where I belong, that's where my...

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever...

It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever...

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead....

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead....

I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something...

I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something...

People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of...

People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of...

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of...

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of...

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound...

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound...

People will always make comparisons.

People will always make comparisons.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and...

A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and...

I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church....

I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church....

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in...

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in...

Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the...

Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the...

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.

In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to...

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to...

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Hardship makes the world obscure.