“ I began to think of myself as a perennial tourist. There was something agreeable about this. To be a tourist is to escape accountability. Errors and failings don't cling to you the way they do back ho… Don DeLillo
“ He found his cigar smoldering in an ashtray on the liquor cabinet and he fired it up again. The aroma gave him a sense of robust health. He smelled well-being, long life, even placid fatherhood, somew… Don DeLillo
“ As I listened I thought a featureless baggy man was striking me in slow motion with a well-polished stone. Don DeLillo
“ The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. Don DeLillo
“ 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. Don DeLillo
“ This is how the dark-skinned kid seems to open to the world,how the bloodrush of a dozen strides brings him into eloquence. Don DeLillo
“ Then they’re always trying to sell you something. Everything is based on forcing people to buy. If you can’t buy what they’re selling, you’re a zero in the system. Don DeLillo
“ The letters released something, maybe a sense that he was not alone, that the world was a place where travelers in language could know the same things. Don DeLillo
“ Stories are consoling, fiction is one of the consolation prizes for having lived in the world. Don DeLillo
“ Steffie took my hand and we walked past the fruit bins, an area that extended about forty-five yards along one wall. The bins were arranged diagonally and backed my mirrors that people accidentally pu… Don DeLillo
“ Sitting for a picture is morbid business. A portrait doesn’t begin to mean anything until the subject is dead. This is the whole point. We’re doing this to create a kind of sentimental past for people… Don DeLillo
