Don DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American essayist, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language. Use this quote
I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts. Use this quote
A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesn't live his life in a certain way, this death is an introduction to an eternity of pain. Use this quote
I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. Use this quote
I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else. Use this quote
There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down. Use this quote
People who are powerless make an open theater of violence. Use this quote
People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power. Use this quote
Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
