Thousands stand and chant. Around them in the world, people ride escalators going up and sneak secret glances at the faces coming down. People dangle teabags over hot water in white cups. Cars run silently on the autobahns, streaks of…

Quote by Don DeLillo

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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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

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...

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...

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

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...

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

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...

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.

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration...

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration...

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...

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

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....