I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

Quote by Don DeLillo

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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...

There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the...

There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the...

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 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'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...

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...

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

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 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...

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 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,...

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...

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 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,...

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...

Rushdie is a hostage.

Rushdie is a hostage.

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.

People will always make comparisons.

People will always make comparisons.

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's...

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's...