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Paul Auster Quotes

I think all writers are a bit crazy; Damaged souls, incapable of doing anything else Picture Quote #1

I don’t know why I write. If I knew the answer, I probably wouldn’t have to. But it is a compulsion. You don’t choose it, it chooses you. And I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody Picture Quote #1

The tone of every book is slightly different; there’s a music that each has that is distinct from all the others Picture Quote #1

For one reason or another, I became a passionate reader when I was very little. As soon as I could read, I wanted to read Picture Quote #1

I never feel I’m standing on solid ground, and I do write with a certain kind of trembling fear Picture Quote #1

I am very scared at the beginning of each book, because I’ve never written it before. I feel I have to teach myself how to do it Picture Quote #1

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The biggest book for me, when I was fifteen, was Crime and Punishment, which I read in a kind of fever. When I put it down, I thought, if this is what novels are then I want to be a novelist Picture Quote #1

After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years Picture Quote #1

I’ve written books that have taken me fifteen years, from first sentence to last, and some that only take three or four months Picture Quote #1

I don’t think about the stories so much, as the characters themselves. They live on, and they are almost as real as I am Picture Quote #1

As says who is deeply involved with neuroscience, emotion consolidates memory, and I think that’s true Picture Quote #1

The things we remember are often things that have great emotional importance, and so they have a lasting effect Picture Quote #1

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I don’t like that word [memoir]. Whenever my publishers have wanted to use it, I’ve told them to take it away Picture Quote #1

I have difficulty orienting myself in space, and I’m probably one of the few people who gets lost in Manhattan Picture Quote #1

There is a double rhythm in all human beings. We are binary beings - two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears. Two legs for walking. And the heartbeat thumping in our chest mirrors that Picture Quote #1

I thought I was terrible [to play a cameo] and decided never to act again Picture Quote #1

There are two kinds of typical days. There’s the typical day when I’m writing a novel, and there’s the typical day when I’m not Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to use quotation marks anymore, I’ve gone back and forth with them. In Ghosts, I didn’t use them, for instance, all the way back in the early eighties Picture Quote #1

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I believe that every artist, in one way or another, is a wounded person. It’s not natural to make art Picture Quote #1

It would be a terrible world if everyone was an artist. Nothing would get done! Picture Quote #1

Most people are participating in the grand adventure of living with one another Picture Quote #1

I haven’t done any translating for decades now. It’s something I did when I was young Picture Quote #1

We’re outsiders, and so when we walk through the city, we’re there and not there at the same time, participating and observing simultaneously Picture Quote #1

[Charles] Reznikoff was in between faiths, in between worlds... a double, hyphenated American. I think it probably goes deeper than that Picture Quote #1

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It’s a mind going over things, revisiting things, maybe trying to refine the original perception. You have to keep going a thing over in order to make sense off it Picture Quote #1

What I’m trying to do in [Winter Journal] is to tell the story of a man’s life from birth, but there are different versions of him, four different versions Picture Quote #1

Money is the driving force of Hand to Mouth, the lack of money, and all those true stories about strange things in The Red Notebook, coincidences and unlikely events, surprise, the unexpected Picture Quote #1

[Lev] Tolstoy is not a boy-writer. He’s a grown-up. And [Fedor] Doestoeivski is not a boy-writer Picture Quote #1

There are often references to childhood, but they’re rarely the focus of the [my] novels Picture Quote #1

In Invisible there’s a lot about childhood, the death of the brother and then the relationship between the brother and sister Picture Quote #1

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I think all writers are a bit crazy; Damaged souls, incapable of doing anything else (Paul Auster Quotes) I don’t know why I write. If I knew the answer, I probably wouldn’t have to. But it is a compulsion. You don’t choose it, it chooses you. And I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody (Paul Auster Quotes) The tone of every book is slightly different; there’s a music that each has that is distinct from all the others (Paul Auster Quotes) For one reason or another, I became a passionate reader when I was very little. As soon as I could read, I wanted to read (Paul Auster Quotes) I never feel I’m standing on solid ground, and I do write with a certain kind of trembling fear (Paul Auster Quotes) I am very scared at the beginning of each book, because I’ve never written it before. I feel I have to teach myself how to do it (Paul Auster Quotes) The biggest book for me, when I was fifteen, was Crime and Punishment, which I read in a kind of fever. When I put it down, I thought, if this is what novels are then I want to be a novelist (Paul Auster Quotes) After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years (Paul Auster Quotes) I’ve written books that have taken me fifteen years, from first sentence to last, and some that only take three or four months (Paul Auster Quotes) I don’t think about the stories so much, as the characters themselves. They live on, and they are almost as real as I am (Paul Auster Quotes) As says who is deeply involved with neuroscience, emotion consolidates memory, and I think that’s true (Paul Auster Quotes) The things we remember are often things that have great emotional importance, and so they have a lasting effect (Paul Auster Quotes) I don’t like that word [memoir]. Whenever my publishers have wanted to use it, I’ve told them to take it away (Paul Auster Quotes) I have difficulty orienting myself in space, and I’m probably one of the few people who gets lost in Manhattan (Paul Auster Quotes) There is a double rhythm in all human beings. We are binary beings - two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears. Two legs for walking. And the heartbeat thumping in our chest mirrors that (Paul Auster Quotes) I thought I was terrible [to play a cameo] and decided never to act again (Paul Auster Quotes) There are two kinds of typical days. There’s the typical day when I’m writing a novel, and there’s the typical day when I’m not (Paul Auster Quotes) I don’t want to use quotation marks anymore, I’ve gone back and forth with them. In Ghosts, I didn’t use them, for instance, all the way back in the early eighties (Paul Auster Quotes) I believe that every artist, in one way or another, is a wounded person. It’s not natural to make art (Paul Auster Quotes) It would be a terrible world if everyone was an artist. Nothing would get done! (Paul Auster Quotes) Most people are participating in the grand adventure of living with one another (Paul Auster Quotes) I haven’t done any translating for decades now. It’s something I did when I was young (Paul Auster Quotes) We’re outsiders, and so when we walk through the city, we’re there and not there at the same time, participating and observing simultaneously (Paul Auster Quotes) [Charles] Reznikoff was in between faiths, in between worlds... a double, hyphenated American. I think it probably goes deeper than that (Paul Auster Quotes) It’s a mind going over things, revisiting things, maybe trying to refine the original perception. You have to keep going a thing over in order to make sense off it (Paul Auster Quotes) What I’m trying to do in [Winter Journal] is to tell the story of a man’s life from birth, but there are different versions of him, four different versions (Paul Auster Quotes) Money is the driving force of Hand to Mouth, the lack of money, and all those true stories about strange things in The Red Notebook, coincidences and unlikely events, surprise, the unexpected (Paul Auster Quotes) [Lev] Tolstoy is not a boy-writer. He’s a grown-up. And [Fedor] Doestoeivski is not a boy-writer (Paul Auster Quotes) There are often references to childhood, but they’re rarely the focus of the [my] novels (Paul Auster Quotes) In Invisible there’s a lot about childhood, the death of the brother and then the relationship between the brother and sister (Paul Auster Quotes)

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