Don DeLillo Quotes

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.

I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.

You can run away from home But you can't run away from your pain I sit here alone There's always someone else to blame.

I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.

It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.

I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups and downs. And for an actor, that's good. Life experience in any regard is good. So I've seen a lot and I've had my own experiences.

I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.

I know some people that have gone through serious struggles. People that were close to me, and I've seen some terrible things about people who lose it. So I think that type of pain is something that's human and that, actually, can help us look at ourselves a little bit.

I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.

I don't look at her like she's a bad girl. She just misunderstood sometime, she's a little troubled, she's a little dysfunctional. She's a survivor.

No one wants to spend too long inside their own darkness.

There are always reasons for people's behaviour, and it's easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story, especially if they're no good at showing their emotions. Life gives you all these knocks, it's so easy to form a shell to protect yourself. I've done it myself.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

I think there comes a time in every persons life where they just need to go to the darkest, most dismal place.

I think no matter how successful our lives may seem to the outside world, we all have our personal struggles.

I had known a couple of people in college who went off the rails, who had significant bouts with mental illness.

Let me tell you, everyone has different experiences. I had a lot of things going on, and I am dealing with it in my own way.

I couldn't deal with a normal life.

Fighting the ongoing war in your day-to-day life, everybody has their battle going on that nobody else knows about.

I had some personal issues to sort out so I couldn't work for a while.

I've struggled more with guys, depression drugs, family and career than I ever have with my illness. I'm not an innocent and I'm not a child.

I've had my moments of feeling miserable in my life, as has everyone, but it's not often that you actually get the opportunity to indulge that feeling. Mostly when people are depressed or miserable, they have to snap out of it because it doesn't work. It doesn't suit day-to-day life.

I know people are saying they like you. I'm not being insulted or pushed around or anything. People are coming up because they like me. Nevertheless, I can't be everybody's...none of us can. I hate saying no to people.

When I was 8 years old, I became depressed. I kept asking why I was born this way [without arms and legs]. I also worried about my future. At the age of 10, I tried to commit suicide because I felt like giving up. But when I imagined my loving parents crying at my grave, I decided to stay.

Unhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair at bay. All you have to do is accept them...go around them...take evasive action.