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Don DeLillo Quotes

Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.’ (20) Picture Quote #1

There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist? (155) Picture Quote #1

Past, present and future are not amenities of language. Time unfolds into the seamsof being. It passes through you, making and shaping Picture Quote #1

Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. This is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, mass killings, et cetera. We can relax and enjoy these disasters because in our hearts we feel that California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom Picture Quote #1

For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is Picture Quote #1

Doesn’t seem quite real. It’s not meaningful. I can’t quite imagine myself being 73. That’s the age my father was! [Laughter.] How can I be his age? It’s weird Picture Quote #1

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World is supposed to mean something that’s self-contained. but nothing is self-contained Picture Quote #1

The future is always a wholeness, a sameness. We’re all tall and happy there,’ she said. ‘This is why the future fails. It always fails. It can never be the cruel happy place we want to make it Picture Quote #1

In this country there is a universal third person, the man we all want to be. Advertising has discovered this man. It uses him to express the possibilities open to the consumer. To consume in America is not to buy; it is to dream. Advertising is the suggestion that the dream of entering the third person singular might possibly be fulfilled Picture Quote #1

As belief shrinks from the world, it is more necessary than ever that someone believe. Wild-eyed men in caves. Nuns in black. Monks who do not speak. We are left to believe. Fools, children. Those who have abandoned belief must still believe in us. They are sure they are right not to believe but they know belief must not fade completely. Hell is when no one believes Picture Quote #1

You feel sorry for yourself. You think you’re missing something and you don’t know what it is. You’re lonely inside your life. You have a job and a family and a fully executed will, already, at your age, because the whole point is to die prepared, die legal, with all the papers signed. Die liquid, so they can convert to cash Picture Quote #1

The shock, the power of an ordinary life. It is a thing you could not invent with banks of computers in a dust-free room Picture Quote #1

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The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. The true life takes place when we’re alone, thinking, feeling, lost in memory, dreamingly self-aware, the submicroscopic moments Picture Quote #1

Maybe when we die, the first thing we’ll say is ‘I know this feeling. I was here before’ Picture Quote #1

I do think that in the near future, if it hasn’t happened already, people will be able to use technology to design their own novels, perhaps with individuals themselves as the main character. In other words, everything is being individualized and narrowed Picture Quote #1

My attitudes aren’t directed toward characters at all. I don’t feel sympathetic toward some characters, unsympathetic toward others. I don’t love some characters, feel contempt for others. They have attitudes; I don’t Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to do the type of writing where I recite biography, parentage and education. I want to rise up from the words on the page and do something, hurt someone Picture Quote #1

Making things difficult for the reader is less an attack on the reader than it is on the age and its facile knowledge-market Picture Quote #1

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In cities no one notices specific dying. Dying is a quality of the air. It’s everywhere and nowhere Picture Quote #1

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom Picture Quote #1

In the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape Picture Quote #1

The family was an art ... and the dinner table was the place it found expression Picture Quote #1

The genius of the primitive mind is that it can render human helplessness in noble and beautiful ways Picture Quote #1

It’s true that some of us become better writers by living long enough. But this is also how we become worse writers. The trick is to die in between Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that’s where I belong, that’s where my work belongs Picture Quote #1

What you see is not what we see. What you see is distracted by memory, by being who you are, all this time, for all these years Picture Quote #1

Man’s guilt in history and in the tides of his own blood has been complicated by technology, the daily seeping falsehearted death Picture Quote #1

He thinks he’s happy but it’s just a nerve cell in his brain that’s getting too much stimulation or too little stimulation Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Music is dangerous in so many ways. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world Picture Quote #1

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Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.’ (20) (Don DeLillo Quotes) There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist? (155) (Don DeLillo Quotes) Past, present and future are not amenities of language. Time unfolds into the seamsof being. It passes through you, making and shaping (Don DeLillo Quotes) Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. This is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, mass killings, et cetera. We can relax and enjoy these disasters because in our hearts we feel that California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom (Don DeLillo Quotes) For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is (Don DeLillo Quotes) Doesn’t seem quite real. It’s not meaningful. I can’t quite imagine myself being 73. That’s the age my father was! [Laughter.] How can I be his age? It’s weird (Don DeLillo Quotes) World is supposed to mean something that’s self-contained. but nothing is self-contained (Don DeLillo Quotes) The future is always a wholeness, a sameness. We’re all tall and happy there,’ she said. ‘This is why the future fails. It always fails. It can never be the cruel happy place we want to make it (Don DeLillo Quotes) In this country there is a universal third person, the man we all want to be. Advertising has discovered this man. It uses him to express the possibilities open to the consumer. To consume in America is not to buy; it is to dream. Advertising is the suggestion that the dream of entering the third person singular might possibly be fulfilled (Don DeLillo Quotes) As belief shrinks from the world, it is more necessary than ever that someone believe. Wild-eyed men in caves. Nuns in black. Monks who do not speak. We are left to believe. Fools, children. Those who have abandoned belief must still believe in us. They are sure they are right not to believe but they know belief must not fade completely. Hell is when no one believes (Don DeLillo Quotes) You feel sorry for yourself. You think you’re missing something and you don’t know what it is. You’re lonely inside your life. You have a job and a family and a fully executed will, already, at your age, because the whole point is to die prepared, die legal, with all the papers signed. Die liquid, so they can convert to cash (Don DeLillo Quotes) The shock, the power of an ordinary life. It is a thing you could not invent with banks of computers in a dust-free room (Don DeLillo Quotes) The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. The true life takes place when we’re alone, thinking, feeling, lost in memory, dreamingly self-aware, the submicroscopic moments (Don DeLillo Quotes) Maybe when we die, the first thing we’ll say is ‘I know this feeling. I was here before’ (Don DeLillo Quotes) I do think that in the near future, if it hasn’t happened already, people will be able to use technology to design their own novels, perhaps with individuals themselves as the main character. In other words, everything is being individualized and narrowed (Don DeLillo Quotes) My attitudes aren’t directed toward characters at all. I don’t feel sympathetic toward some characters, unsympathetic toward others. I don’t love some characters, feel contempt for others. They have attitudes; I don’t (Don DeLillo Quotes) I don’t want to do the type of writing where I recite biography, parentage and education. I want to rise up from the words on the page and do something, hurt someone. (Don DeLillo Quotes) Making things difficult for the reader is less an attack on the reader than it is on the age and its facile knowledge-market. (Don DeLillo Quotes) In cities no one notices specific dying. Dying is a quality of the air. It’s everywhere and nowhere. (Don DeLillo Quotes) Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. (Don DeLillo Quotes) In the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape (Don DeLillo Quotes) The family was an art ... and the dinner table was the place it found expression. (Don DeLillo Quotes) The genius of the primitive mind is that it can render human helplessness in noble and beautiful ways. (Don DeLillo Quotes) It’s true that some of us become better writers by living long enough. But this is also how we become worse writers. The trick is to die in between. (Don DeLillo Quotes) I’ve always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that’s where I belong, that’s where my work belongs. (Don DeLillo Quotes) What you see is not what we see. What you see is distracted by memory, by being who you are, all this time, for all these years. (Don DeLillo Quotes) Man’s guilt in history and in the tides of his own blood has been complicated by technology, the daily seeping falsehearted death. (Don DeLillo Quotes) He thinks he’s happy but it’s just a nerve cell in his brain that’s getting too much stimulation or too little stimulation. (Don DeLillo Quotes) 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 Quotes) Music is dangerous in so many ways. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world. (Don DeLillo Quotes)

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