In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.

Quote by Don DeLillo

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Hardship makes the world obscure.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

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 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....

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

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...

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

People will always make comparisons.

People will always make comparisons.

Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns...

Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns...

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....

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 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...

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....

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,...

Rushdie is a hostage.

Rushdie is a hostage.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...