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

Quote by Don DeLillo

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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 modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should...

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should...

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...

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...

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

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...

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

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

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.

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

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...

Rushdie is a hostage.

Rushdie is a hostage.

The future belongs to crowds.

The future belongs to crowds.

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...

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.

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...

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

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...