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Words are not necessary to one's experience of the true life.

Don DeLillo

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Don DeLillo
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
Essayist
Journalist
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New York City
New York
Don Delillo
Donald Richard DeLillo
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I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.
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Clouds are no deterrent. Clouds intensify the drama, trap and shape the light.
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