Bombs Quote by Don DeLillo

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…

— Don Delillo

Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence…

— Don DeLillo

One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.

— Don DeLillo

Naturally a direct comparison of terrorist and novelist is complete nonsense. But there was once a time when the novelist also had some influence…

— Don DeLillo

What terrorists gain, novelists lose.

— Don DeLillo

terrorism is interesting to a novelist because it's a crime that's driven by an idea, as opposed to some kind of base materialist impulse.…

— Karan Mahajan

“What terrorists gain, novelists lose. The degree to which they influence mass consciousness is the extent of our decline as shapers of sensibility and…

— Don DeLillo

I have long held that many of the writers and artists working in the aftermath of 9/11 have presented a faux familiarity with the…

— Amitava Kumar

Terrorists are people, too - they are given to error. Naipaul and then DeLillo do a good job in their novels of drawing this…

— Karan Mahajan

I can't be alone among fiction writers in regarding the world, so much weirder than anything we could make up, as beating us at…

— Lionel Shriver

Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all…

— Joss Whedon

“...writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you…

— Robert Galbraith