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Don DeLillo quotes about work

American Novelist November 20, 1936

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Don DeLillo quote: "I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's..."
I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's where I belong, that's where my work belongs. Don DeLillo
When I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For my readers, this is sometimes a vision that's not familiar. But I'm not trying to manipulate reality. This is just what I see and hear. Don DeLillo
World is supposed to mean something that's self-contained. Everything enters something else. My days spill into light-years. This is why I can only pretend to be someone. And this is why I felt derived at first, working on these pages. I didn't know if it was me that was writing so much as someone I want to sound like. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write..."
I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore. Don DeLillo
How I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize..."
I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence. Don DeLillo

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