In cities no one notices specific dying. Dying is a quality of the air. It's everywhere and nowhere.
Don DeLilloThe world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities.
Don DeLilloThere are two categories of writers, it could be said: The author who is just a voice, and the one who is also creating a picture. I belong to the latter, because I have an acute visual sense.
Don DeLilloThe question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future.
Don DeLilloAs belief shrinks from the world, it is more necessary than ever that someone believe. Wild-eyed men in caves. Nuns in black. Monks who do not speak. We are left to believe. Fools, children. Those who have abandoned belief must still believe in us. They are sure they are right not to believe but they know belief must not fade completely. Hell is when no one believes.
Don DeLillo