“ I realized the place was awash in noise. The toneless systems, the jangle and skid of carts, the loudspeaker and coffee-making machines, the cries of children. And over it all, or under it all, a dull… Don DeLillo
“ I had to wonder whether this interval had any more spread and breadth than just another sequestered moment, bordered by closed doors. We Don DeLillo
“ How I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Don DeLillo
“ Fame requires every kind of excess. I mean true fame, a devouring neon, not the somber renown of waning statesmen or chinless kings. I mean long journeys across gray space. I mean danger, the edge of… Don DeLillo
“ We feel a private thrill, admit it, at the sight of beauty in flames. We wish to blast all the fine old things to oblivion and replace them with tasteless identicalstructures. Don DeLillo
“ There’s a rumor it seems involving the finance minister. He’s supposed to resign any time now, she said. Some kind of scandal about a misconstrued comment. He made a comment about the economy that may… Don DeLillo
“ It was uncanny. You press a button and a man drops dead a hundred meters away. It seemed hollow and remote, falsifying everything. It was a trick of the lenses. The man is an accurate picture. Then he… Don DeLillo
“ If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned hearts. A conspiracy is everything that ordinary life is not. It's the inside game, c… Don DeLillo
“ How children adapt to available surfaces, using curbstones, stoops and manhole covers. How they take the pockmarked world and turn a delicate inversion, making something brainy and rule-bound and smoo… Don DeLillo
“ There was something touching about the fact that Murray was dressed almost totally in corduroy. Don DeLillo
