A favourite DeLillo quote from an old interview: > I ask him what attracted him to writing, whether he studied literature or was stirred by certain authors or

A favourite DeLillo quote from an old interview: > I ask him what attracted him to writing, whether he studied literature or was stirred by certain authors or books. "No, no," he says, "I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation, I don't know why I wanted to write. I did some short stories at that time, but very infrequently. I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore. I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, and jazz, and Abstract Expressionism." Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/19/magazine/dangerous-don-delillo.html https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/19/magazine/dangerous-don-de... And yeah, he should get the Nobel.