Abstract Quote by Karan Mahajan

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

[Terrorism] is formed of certain fundamental problems, [including] ignorance, poverty, and fear of others. Some people take advantage of the young and foolish. They…

— Fethullah Gulen

There's a curious knot that binds novelists and terrorists...Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner…

— Don DeLillo

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in…

— Don DeLillo

Initially, terrorism was a certain mixture of politics, economics, and religion. Now, it seems that terrorism is more individual and done to avenge personal…

— Dalai Lama

Terrorism is based on two major pillars: One is injustice, and the other is a certainty of attitude, the notion that their version of…

— Shirin Ebadi

The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to understand the…

— Edward Abbey

I've been interested in terrorism from the very beginning. My first novel is about that, too, and I think one reason I've been so…

— Jennifer Egan

Terrorism is a tactic in which the primary objective is to produce fear, rather than direct harm. Terrorist attacks are, first and foremost, psychological…

— Bret Weinstein

There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two.

— Alan Dershowitz

It may be that there is so much ambiguity and ideology attached to the term 'terrorism' that it is best to avoid its use…

— Richard A. Falk

“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