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Paul Auster Quotes

How is it possible for someone who believes that the world was created in six days to have a rational conversation with me, who doesn’t believe that, about other possibilities? 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

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

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s there, he’s not really there Picture Quote #1

[T]he only luxury he allows himself is buying books, paperback books, mostly novels, American novels, British novels, foreign novels in translation, but in the end books are not luxuries so much as necessities, and reading is an addiction he has no wish to be cured of Picture Quote #1

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we’re not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence Picture Quote #1

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When you’re young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been able to witness the birth of an idea. It seems as if one second, there’s nothing particularly going on, and the next second, something is there. It’s coming up out of my unconscious, up from places that I don’t even know where they are Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films Picture Quote #1

If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I’ve never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page Picture Quote #1

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that Picture Quote #1

The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all Picture Quote #1

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I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn’t until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels; I liked them Picture Quote #1

The most challenging project I’ve ever done, I think, is every single thing I’ve ever tried to do. It’s never easy Picture Quote #1

I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn’t think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape 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

Money’s important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don’t have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life Picture Quote #1

People say you have to travel to see the world. Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes open, you’re going to see just about all that you can handle Picture Quote #1

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Movies are not novels, and that’s why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can’t be done Picture Quote #1

And now we get to the hard part. the endings, the farewells, and the famous last words. if you don’t hear from me often, remember that you’re in my thoughts 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

When you pick up a book, everyone knows it’s imaginary. You don’t have to pretend it’s not a book. We don’t have to pretend that people don’t write books. That omniscient third-person narration isn’t the only way to do it. Once you’re writing in the first person, then the narrator is a writer Picture Quote #1

People look at the same passage, and one person will say this is the best thing he’s ever read, and another person will say it’s absolutely idiotic. I mean, there’s no way to reconcile those two things. You just have to forget the whole business of what people are saying Picture Quote #1

I’ve always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections Picture Quote #1

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I walk around the world like a ghost, and sometimes I question whether I even exist. Whether I’ve ever existed at all Picture Quote #1

Writing is, after all, a gesture towards other people, giving something to others. And so it’s not a completely hermetic exercise. It’s really an opening up Picture Quote #1

I think it’s a very good thing to leave your country and look at it from afar Picture Quote #1

Often it’s true that films just go right through us. You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it’s not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn’t hurt the book Picture Quote #1

I think human beings wouldn’t be human without narrative fiction Picture Quote #1

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How is it possible for someone who believes that the world was created in six days to have a rational conversation with me, who doesn’t believe that, about other possibilities? (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) 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) Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s there, he’s not really there. (Paul Auster Quotes) [T]he only luxury he allows himself is buying books, paperback books, mostly novels, American novels, British novels, foreign novels in translation, but in the end books are not luxuries so much as necessities, and reading is an addiction he has no wish to be cured of. (Paul Auster Quotes) The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we’re not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence. (Paul Auster Quotes) When you’re young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound. (Paul Auster Quotes) I’ve never been able to witness the birth of an idea. It seems as if one second, there’s nothing particularly going on, and the next second, something is there. It’s coming up out of my unconscious, up from places that I don’t even know where they are. (Paul Auster Quotes) I don’t think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films. (Paul Auster Quotes) If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I’ve never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page. (Paul Auster Quotes) I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that. (Paul Auster Quotes) The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. (Paul Auster Quotes) I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn’t until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels; I liked them. (Paul Auster Quotes) The most challenging project I’ve ever done, I think, is every single thing I’ve ever tried to do. It’s never easy. (Paul Auster Quotes) I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn’t think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape. (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) Money’s important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don’t have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life. (Paul Auster Quotes) People say you have to travel to see the world. Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes open, you’re going to see just about all that you can handle. (Paul Auster Quotes) Movies are not novels, and that’s why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can’t be done. (Paul Auster Quotes) And now we get to the hard part. the endings, the farewells, and the famous last words. if you don’t hear from me often, remember that you’re in my thoughts. (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) When you pick up a book, everyone knows it’s imaginary. You don’t have to pretend it’s not a book. We don’t have to pretend that people don’t write books. That omniscient third-person narration isn’t the only way to do it. Once you’re writing in the first person, then the narrator is a writer. (Paul Auster Quotes) People look at the same passage, and one person will say this is the best thing he’s ever read, and another person will say it’s absolutely idiotic. I mean, there’s no way to reconcile those two things. You just have to forget the whole business of what people are saying. (Paul Auster Quotes) I’ve always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections. (Paul Auster Quotes) I walk around the world like a ghost, and sometimes I question whether I even exist. Whether I’ve ever existed at all. (Paul Auster Quotes) Writing is, after all, a gesture towards other people, giving something to others. And so it’s not a completely hermetic exercise. It’s really an opening up. (Paul Auster Quotes) I think it’s a very good thing to leave your country and look at it from afar (Paul Auster Quotes) Often it’s true that films just go right through us. You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it’s not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer. (Paul Auster Quotes) I don’t know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn’t hurt the book. (Paul Auster Quotes) I think human beings wouldn’t be human without narrative fiction (Paul Auster Quotes)

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