Thousands stand and chant. Around them in the world, people ride escalators going up and sneak secret glances at the faces coming down. People dangle teabags over hot water in white cups. Cars run silently on the autobahns, streaks of…

Quote by Don DeLillo

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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...

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

Silence, exile, cunning and so on... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things....

Silence, exile, cunning and so on... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things....

Rushdie is a hostage.

Rushdie is a hostage.

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.

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...

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

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

The future belongs to crowds.

The future belongs to crowds.

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as...

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as...

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of...

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of...

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to...

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to...

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

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

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...

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...

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 quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction....

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction....

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...

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way,...

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way,...