"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
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"I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.“
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"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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"The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence."
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"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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"Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies."
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"What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older."
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