I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood.
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Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world You'll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.Don DeLillo
When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery.
Don DeLillo
I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it.
Don DeLillo
Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.
Don DeLillo
Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.
Don DeLillo
May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan.
Don DeLillo
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