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"Im a novelist, period. An American novelist."
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Don DeLilloTerror makes the new future possible. All men one man, Men live in his — Don DeLillo
"Terror makes the new future possible. All men one man, Men live in history as never before. He is saying we make an change history minute by minute. History is not the book or the human memory. We do history in the morning and change it after lunch."
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Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo
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Donald Richard DeLillo is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as consumerism, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, television, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics and sports.
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"War is the ultimate realization of modern technology."
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"Ive come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version."
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"Popular culture is inescapable in the U.S. Why not use it?"
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"I think fiction rescues history from its confusions."
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"I think fiction comes from everything youve ever done, and said, and dreamed, and imagined. It comes from everything youve read and havent read...I think my work comes out of the culture of the world around me. I think thats where my language comes from."
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