The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. – Don DeLillo
People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power. – 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
In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic. – Don DeLillo
The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt. For mortals, the easy life of the gods would be a lifeless life. – Hannah Arendt