Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.

Quote by Don DeLillo

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One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper...

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper...

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to...

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to...

Thousands stand and chant. Around them in the world, people ride escalators going up and...

Thousands stand and chant. Around them in the world, people ride escalators going up and...

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...

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

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.

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

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

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes...

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes...

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

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,...

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...

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

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 think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz,...

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz,...

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....

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...