Don DeLillo

Donald “Don” DeLillo is an American novelist, playwright and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, sports, the complexities of language, performance art, the Cold War, mathematics, the advent of the digital age, politics, economics, and global terrorism.

Initially he was a well-regarded cult writer; however, the publication in 1985 of White Noise brought him widespread recognition. It was followed in 1988 by Libra, a bestseller.

Date of birth:
20th November, 1936
"A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesn’t live his life in a certain way, this death is an introduction to an eternity of pain."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Death
"There’s always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Nature
"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."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Society
"Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Power
"I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Movies
"The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Society
"People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Power
"I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Movies
"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."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Wedding
"In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic."
― Don DeLillo
Topic(s): Technology

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