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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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 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,...

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

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

I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is...

I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is...

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...

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

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...

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

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...

I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

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 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.

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

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

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

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

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'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...

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.

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...

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...