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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. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#been #european #expressionism #i #i think

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#great #guitarist #i #i can #jazz

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#americana #called #culture #declaration #first

People will always make comparisons. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#comparisons #make #people #will

The language of my books has shaped me as a man. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#language #man #me #shaped

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

— Don DeLillo

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Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#dangerous #jail #many #repressive #societies

There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#beautiful #coming #definition #me #see

This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. ↗

— Thomas Dekker

#hate #kings #love #may #old