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"I've seen it countless times. DFW, DeLillo, Pynchon, McCarthy, Franzen, etc., get blasted as just 'being a bunch of white males thinking they're great novelists.' Most of these guys' work isn't even controversial or about race."
"I think the whole thing is ripe for some kind of riding alongside history storytelling (not the right term) like Pynchon or Delillo."
"Talent is everything. If you've got talent, nothing else matters. You can screw up your personal life something terrible. So what. If you've got talent, it's there in reserve... I couldn't make the leap out of my own soul into the soul of the universe. That's the leap they all made. From Blake to Ri"
"I'm halfway through *Libra* by DeLillo. Really enjoying it so far - I'll probably read *Underworld* next."
"Talent is everything. If you've got talent, nothing else matters. You can screw up your personal life something terrible. So what. If you've got talent, it's there in reserve."
"I also finished DeLillo's White Noise. Probably wasn't a good idea to be in a mall of all places after finishing it."