Don DeLillo Quotes

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely.
Don DeLillo

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.
Don DeLillo

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

It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain.
Don DeLillo

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture.
Don DeLillo

May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan.
Don DeLillo

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.
Don DeLillo

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

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.
Don DeLillo

People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power.
Don DeLillo

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.
Don DeLillo

People will always make comparisons.
Don DeLillo

Rushdie is a hostage.
Don DeLillo

Silence, exile, cunning and so on... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things. Even the ideas in my work.
Don DeLillo

The future belongs to crowds.
Don DeLillo

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

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?
Don DeLillo

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

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.
Don DeLillo

There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live.
Don DeLillo

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Don DeLillo Quotes

Type: Novelist Quotes Category: American Novelist Quotes Date of Birth: November 20, 1936 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Don DeLillo Related Authors: Ernest Hemingway Chuck Palahniuk Richard Bach William Faulkner Truman Capote Elie Wiesel Gore Vidal Nathaniel Hawthorne Jack Kerouac	1 - 2 - 3 If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely. Don DeLillo 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. Don DeLillo In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic. Don DeLillo It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain. Don DeLillo It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture. Don DeLillo May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan. Don DeLillo Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted. Don DeLillo Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies. Don DeLillo One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language. Don DeLillo People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power. Don DeLillo People who are powerless make an open theater of violence. Don DeLillo People will always make comparisons. Don DeLillo Rushdie is a hostage. Don DeLillo Silence, exile, cunning and so on... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things. Even the ideas in my work. Don DeLillo The future belongs to crowds. Don DeLillo The language of my books has shaped me as a man. Don DeLillo The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it? Don DeLillo The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. Don DeLillo There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it. Don DeLillo There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live. Don DeLillo 1 - 2 - 3