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45 quotes by Don DeLillo

Donald Richard "Don" DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, playwright and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, sports, the complexities of language, performance art, the Cold War, mathematics, the advent of the digital age, politics, economics, and global terrorism. Initially a well-regarded cult writer, the publication in 1985 of White Noise brought him widespread recognition, and...
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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?

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

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

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

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There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

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

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I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.

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I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore.

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True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways... →

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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.

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

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Hardship makes the world obscure.

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

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