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100 Top Quotes By Don DeLillo, The Author Of White Noise

Famous As: Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter, Novelist, Essayist, Journalist
Born On: November 20, 1936
Born In: New York City
Age: 87 Years
A PEN/ Faulkner Award recipient and two times Pulitzer Prize nominee, Don DeLillo is an American novelist, playwright and essayist who rose to fame with his bestseller work, ‘White Noise’ that brought him widespread recognition and respect. A well acclaimed writer, DeLillo shot to fame for his works that covered a wide variety of subjects including television, nuclear war, sports, the complexities of language, performance art, the Cold War, mathematics, the advent of the digital age, politics, economics, and global terrorism. After the stellar success of ‘White Noise’, DeLillo struck gold again with his book, ‘Libra’ that gained him prominence as a cult writer. His work displays elements of both modernism and modernism. Most of his works revolve around exploring postmodern themes of rampant consumerism, novelty intellectualism, underground conspiracies, the disintegration and re-integration of the family, and the promise of rebirth through violence. His works also reflect psychology of crowds and capitulation of individuals to group identity. This also holds true in terms of his quotes that actually throw a light into his ideals and beliefs. They touch various aspects of life and give us a new perspective from which to look at life and things. Explore this section for Don DeLillo quotes.
How I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature.

How I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature.

Don DeLillo
The future belongs to crowds.

The future belongs to crowds.

Don DeLillo
No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

Don DeLillo
I've got death inside me. It's just a question of whether or not I can outlive it.

I've got death inside me. It's just a question of whether or not I can outlive it.

Don DeLillo
California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

Don DeLillo
Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.

Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.

Don DeLillo
He wanted to fuck her loudly on a hard bed with rain beating on the windows.

He wanted to fuck her loudly on a hard bed with rain beating on the windows.

Don DeLillo
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?

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?

Don DeLillo
The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear.

The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear.

Don DeLillo
Even when you self-destruct, you want to fail more, lose more, die more than others, stink more than others.

Even when you self-destruct, you want to fail more, lose more, die more than others, stink more than others.

Don DeLillo
All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots.

All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots.

Don DeLillo
It was important for him to believe that he'd spent his life among people who kept missing the point.

It was important for him to believe that he'd spent his life among people who kept missing the point.

Don DeLillo
What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

Don DeLillo
Facts are lonely things

Facts are lonely things

Don DeLillo
Talent is more erotic when it's wasted.

Talent is more erotic when it's wasted.

Don DeLillo
It is possible to be homesick for a place even when you are there.

It is possible to be homesick for a place even when you are there.

Don DeLillo
What good is knowledge if it just floats in the air? It goes from computer to computer. It changes and grows every second of every day. But nobody actually knows anything.

What good is knowledge if it just floats in the air? It goes from computer to computer. It changes and grows every second of every day. But nobody actually knows anything.

Don DeLillo
Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there's kitsch, schlock, camp, and porn.

Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there's kitsch, schlock, camp, and porn.

Don DeLillo
It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams

It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams

Don DeLillo
I'm not reclusive at all. Just private.

I'm not reclusive at all. Just private.

Don DeLillo
Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live.

Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live.

Don DeLillo
Doesn't our knowledge of death make life more precious?'

What good is a preciousness based on fear and anxiety? It's an anxious quivering thing

Doesn't our knowledge of death make life more precious?' What good is a preciousness based on fear and anxiety? It's an anxious quivering thing

Don DeLillo
You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself.

You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself.

Don DeLillo
That's why people take vacations. No to relax or find excitement or see new places. To escape the death that exists in routine things.

That's why people take vacations. No to relax or find excitement or see new places. To escape the death that exists in routine things.

Don DeLillo
I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

Don DeLillo
Insanity's so personal. It's hard to know who shares our secrets.

Insanity's so personal. It's hard to know who shares our secrets.

Don DeLillo
A person rises on a word and falls on a syllable.

A person rises on a word and falls on a syllable.

Don DeLillo
These are the days after. Everything now is measured by after.

These are the days after. Everything now is measured by after.

Don DeLillo
American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

Don DeLillo
Why is it so hard to be serious, so easy to be too serious?

Why is it so hard to be serious, so easy to be too serious?

Don DeLillo