People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power. – Don DeLillo
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
The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. – Don DeLillo
I slept for four years. I didnt study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts. – Don DeLillo
There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald – all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil. – Pliny, about the opal