Rushdie is a hostage.

Quote by Don DeLillo

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People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

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

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

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...

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 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 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....

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of...

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of...

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...

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...

People will always make comparisons.

People will always make comparisons.

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...

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

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

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.

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....

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

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

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

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

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

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...

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...