Don DeLillo Quotes

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunman have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness. What writers used to do before we were all incorporated.

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.

The future belongs to crowds

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