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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

People will always make comparisons.

People will always make comparisons.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

Rushdie is a hostage.

Rushdie is a hostage.

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...

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.

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....

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...

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.

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 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 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...

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

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,...

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

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,...

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...