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Quote by Don DeLillo

“Somehow pictures always lead to people as masses. Books belong to individuals.”

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Don DeLillo is an American writer born on November 20, 1936. Known for his unique literary style and profound insights into modern society, his works often explore the impacts of technology, consumerism, and globalization. more

“That's how you write novels actually. You suddenly hit upon something and you realize this is the path you were meant to take. You'd be a fool if you didn't follow it. Perhaps it's like solving a difficult question in pure mathematics. There must be a moment when the solution is so simple and evident that you wonder why you hadn't come upon it before. When you do come upon it, you know it in the deepest part of your being. It carries its own logic.”

Ifs Knows Writing Moments Difficult Realizing Simple Wonder Novel Path Fool Pure Solutions Logic Mathematics Carrie Evident Difficult Questions

Author:Don DeLillo

“Perhaps we've invented conspiracies for our own psychic well-being, to heal ourselves.”

Wells Heal Well Being Conspiracy Psychics

Book:Conversations with Don DeLillo

Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo

“There is a set of balances and rhythms to a novel that we can't experience in real life. So I think there is a sense in which fiction can rescue history from confusion.”

Thinking Real Fiction Novel Balance Real Life Confusion Rhythm Rescue

Author:Don DeLillo

“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.”

Feels Character Attitude Contempt Sympathetic My Attitude Unsympathetic

Book:Conversations with Don DeLillo

Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo

“Making things difficult for the reader is less an attack on the reader than it is on the age and its facile knowledge-market.”

Age Difficult Reader

Book:Conversations with Don DeLillo

Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo

“The writer is driven by his conviction that some truths aren't arrived at so easily, that life is still full of mystery, that it might be better for you, Dear Reader, if you went back to the Living section of your newspaper because this is the dying section and you don't really want to be here.”

Ifs Want Stills Might Life Is Mystery Dying Reader Dear Conviction Driven Newspapers Sections

Author:Don DeLillo

“Existence will not stop until it gets to beauty.”

Existence

Book:The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

Source: The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

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