All Don DeLillo Quotes
- I am ashamed every day, and more ashamed the next. But I will spend the rest of my life in this living space writing these… Acts
- People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I carry this thought, the child's mystery and terror of this thought,… Carry
- Even when you self-destruct, you want to fail more, lose more, die more than others, stink more than others. Destruct
- Stories have no point if they don't absorb our terror. Absorb
- Too much has been forgotten in the name of memory. Been
- The less there was to see, the harder he looked, the more he saw. (Point Omega) Harder
- Sometimes a thing that's hard is hard because you're doing it wrong. (Point Omega) Funny
- She became confused when she stepped onto an escalator that wasn't working. Became
- It's all about time, dimwit time, inferior time, people checking watches and other devices, other reminders. This is time draining out of our lives. Cities… All
- Why is it so hard to be serious, so easy to be too serious? Easy
- If you reveal everything, bare every feeling, ask for understanding, you lose something crucial to your sense of yourself. You need to know things that… Allows
- ...Because what's the meaning of doing dishes if you're not driven by something beyond necessity. Beyond
- How many beginnings before you see the lies in your excitement? Beginnings
- We need time to lose interest in things. Inspirational
- To be a tourist is to escape accountability. Accountability
- Was she naked?" Lasher said. "To the waist," Cotsakis said. "From which direction?" Lasher said. Direction
- Prayer is a practical strategy, the gaining of temporal advantage in the capital markets of Sin and Remission. Advantage
- For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we… Every Right
- I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that… Alter
- The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. Anyone