"A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it."

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Source : Don DeLillo, Thomas DePietro (2005). “Conversations with Don DeLillo”, p.134, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Don DeLillo

#Solitude Quotes #Way Quotes #Endless Quotes

“Every time we pray our horizon is altered, our attitude to things is altered, not sometimes but every time, and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.”
“I am often fond of saying the Trekkers are passionate about a hobby, their hobby is 'Star Trek.' They are by and large very imaginative, very intelligent people, and they certainly have been more than generous to me.”
“The drama takes a toll on you.”

Source : Source: www.etonline.com
“I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.”
“I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.”
“As we look into the future, it's as far as we can see. So let's make each tomorrow be the best that it can be.”

Source : Song: I Cross My Heart, Album: Pure Country, 1992
“The most horrible wickedness and cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have troubled the human race began with this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. ... It would be far, far better for us to let a thousand devils roam the world, and publicly preach the doctrine of devils (if there were such a thing, which there isn't), than to let one impostor and monster such a Moses, Joshua, Samuel or the Bible prophets come speaking the so-called word of God, and causing men to believe it.”

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