All Don DeLillo Quotes
- America is the world's living myth. There's no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is… Accommodate
- I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight… All
- If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned hearts. A conspiracy… Act
- America was and is the immigrant's dream. America
- Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there. End
- I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation. Embarked
- 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. Construction
- I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore. Anymore
- 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… Beginning
- I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood. Catholic
- I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's where I belong, that's where my work belongs. Always Liked
- In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic. Atavistic
- 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… Accident
- 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… Beat
- People will always make comparisons. Always Make
- Rushdie is a hostage. Hostage
- The language of my books has shaped me as a man. Book
- May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan. According
- I didn’t do anything. I don’t have an explanation, I don’t know why I wanted to write. I did some short stories at that time,… Anymore
- Tourism is the march of stupidity. Inspirational