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

Don DeLillo

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Don DeLillo
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Don Delillo
Donald Richard DeLillo
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The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence.
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