When I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For my readers, this is — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Don DeLillo
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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
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