Don DeLillo Quotes
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If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
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Actually, 'Die Hard' was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. When I was a newborn, my parents were going stir-crazy in the house, and they put me in the bassinet, and I slept through 'Die Hard' in the theater as an infant.
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Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
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'Family Ties' was a very successful situation comedy. And, in almost every respect, it functioned on a day to day basis like a well-run, well conditioned basketball team. The show was performed live each week in front of a studio audience on Friday night.
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There's always a special feeling I have while writing any song.
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Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
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I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend.
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The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.
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In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story.
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They used to call me Cam-bones because I was so skinny.
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I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.
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'I sucked a lot of liberal cocks to get where I am today.'
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Silence is a lawyer who pleads with his eyes.
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The future is never written...only penciled in.
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No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.
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I do think you learn things about genre storytelling, but you also have to be careful not to learn too much.
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Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.
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But not all books must be universally approved or applauded to bring meaning; books are, ultimately, the most personal of media. They can be important to only one person or to only a few people, and yet because of that they still have tremendous influence.
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I have seen so many extraordinary things, nothing seems extraordinary any more.
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The language of my books has shaped me as a man.
