Famous Don Delillo Quotes & Sayings

When a writer doesn't show his face, he becomes a local symptom of God's famous reluctance to appear. — Don DeLillo

Famous people don't want to be told that you have a quality in common with them. It makes them think there's something crawling in their clothes. — Don DeLillo

Is he one of them now? Frustrated, stuck, self-watching, looking for a means of connection, a way to break out. After Oswald, men in America are no longer required to lead lives of quiet desperation. You apply for a credit card, buy a handgun, travel through cities, suburbs and shopping malls, anonymous, anonymous, looking for a chance to take a shot at the first puffy empty famous face, just to let people know there is someone out there who reads the papers. — Don DeLillo