A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.
Don DeLilloThat'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 DeLilloI 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 DeLilloIf an idea seems to find its way towards a stage setting, that's the direction I take. I don't know if I'm trying to achieve anything other than to follow an idea on to the page.
Don DeLillo