Quote by Don Delillo
I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language. – Don DeLillo

Other quotes by Don Delillo

I slept for four years. I didnt study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts. – Don DeLillo

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I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. – Don DeLillo

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In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society thats filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. – Don DeLillo

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Search for beauty without features, something deeper than any signs. – Francesca da Rimini

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I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. – Alexander McQueen

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A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. – Jacqueline Bisset

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Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isnt good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become. – Felicity Huffman

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