“There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelli...” — Don DeLillo Quote

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to.

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

I think Ronda's biggest fear was losing to me, so if we were to do it in WWE, she would have to win. I don't have such a big ego, but if we were to put on a show for the fans, something like that, no problem.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.