Tag: Don DeLillo

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wedding

Don DeLillo | wedding

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.

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technology

Don DeLillo | technology

There’s a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.

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technology

Don DeLillo | technology

In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.

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society

Don DeLillo | society

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence.

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society

Don DeLillo | society

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that’s filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.

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power

Don DeLillo | power

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

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power

Don DeLillo | power

People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power.

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power

Don DeLillo | power

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

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Nature

Don DeLillo | nature

There’s always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

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movies

Don DeLillo | movies

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

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