Facts about Don DeLillo

Occup.Novelist
FromUSA
BornNovember 20, 1936
Age87 years

Summary

Don DeLillo is a famous Novelist from USA, he/she is 87 years old and still alive, born November 20, 1936.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding. Our collection contains 41 quotes who is written / told by Don, under the main topic Power.

41 Famous quotes by Don DeLillo

Small: I quit my job just to quit. I didnt quit my job to write fiction. I just didnt want to work anymore
"I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore"
Small: America was and is the immigrants dream
"America was and is the immigrant's dream"
Small: I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what the
"I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like"
Small: True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they
"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 that writers used to aspire to"
Small: Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but beca
"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"
Small: Ive always liked being relatively obscure. I feel thats where I belong, thats where my work belongs
"I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's where I belong, that's where my work belongs"
Small: People will always make comparisons
"People will always make comparisons"
Small: I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to under
"I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it"
Small: A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesnt live his life in a
"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"
Small: The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of infl
"The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence"
Small: Ive come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version
"I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version"
Small: I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else
"I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else"
Small: I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is only the beginning.
"I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is only the beginning. What will happen when it moves into three dimensions?"
Small: I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a
"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"
Small: I embarked on my life - I didnt do anything. I dont have an explanation
"I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation"
Small: People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furtheri
"People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power"
Small: Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. Thats why so many of them are in jail
"Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail"
Small: Theres never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President
"There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President"
Small: Rushdie is a hostage
"Rushdie is a hostage"
Small: 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"
Small: Ive always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sen
"I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence"
Small: Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom
"Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom"
Small: Theres always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the ra
"There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down"
Small: Theres a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writers will to live
"There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live"
Small: The future belongs to crowds
"The future belongs to crowds"
Small: Its no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independenc
"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"
Small: In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society thats filled with glut an
"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"
Small: For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking
"For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking"
Small: American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous
"American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous"
Small: One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper its the integrity of the wr
"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"
Small: If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margi
"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"
Small: I slept for four years. I didnt study much of anything. I majored in something called communication art
"I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts"
Small: Hardship makes the world obscure
"Hardship makes the world obscure"
Small: When you try to unravel something youve written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery
"When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery"
Small: Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finall
"Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there"
Small: Theres a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear pe
"There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it"
Small: May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan
"May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan"
Small: It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain
"It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain"
Small: In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic
"In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic"
Small: I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood
"I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood"
Small: I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Exp
"I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism"