Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational.
Don DeLilloA writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.
Don DeLilloWriting is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.
Don DeLilloThe excitement of theatre is palpable but the frustrations, and the complete absence of a definitive evening - the play as text means practically nothing in a way - , there's no particular performance that is definitive in the way a novel is a solid object you hold in your hands and here it is. You can't say that about a play. If the novel gives us a sense of throbbing consciousness, theater is pure soul, beautiful and elusive.
Don DeLillo