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Paul Auster Quotes

In the good mystery there is nothing wasted, no sentence, no word that is not significant Picture Quote #1

Translators are the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one another, who have enabled us to understand that we all, from every part of the world, live in one world Picture Quote #1

You find the book in the process of doing it. That’s the adventure of the job Picture Quote #1

We are all aliens to ourselves, and if we have any sense of who we are, it is only because we live inside the eyes of others Picture Quote #1

No one wants to be part of a fiction, and even less so if that fiction is real Picture Quote #1

What better portrait of a writer than to show a man who has been bewitched by books? Picture Quote #1

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Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can Picture Quote #1

Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over the years Picture Quote #1

Each book I’ve done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once I find it, I stick with it Picture Quote #1

Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years Picture Quote #1

For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity Picture Quote #1

For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names Picture Quote #1

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I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much Picture Quote #1

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It’s the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs Picture Quote #1

I think if we didn’t contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious 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 who don’t like my work say that the connections seem too arbitrary. But that’s how life is Picture Quote #1

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Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can’t really measure degrees of difficulty Picture Quote #1

Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead Picture Quote #1

There’s love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we’re alone in our heads Picture Quote #1

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing Picture Quote #1

Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great passion. That is because human beings need stories 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

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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

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

No book includes the entire world. It’s limited. And so it doesn’t seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that. There’s so much other material to write about 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

We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next Picture Quote #1

And that’s why books are never going to die. It’s impossible. It’s the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger, and we find our common humanity doing this. So the book doesn’t only belong to the writer, it belongs to the reader as well, and then together you make it what it is Picture Quote #1

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In the good mystery there is nothing wasted, no sentence, no word that is not significant (Paul Auster Quotes) Translators are the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one another, who have enabled us to understand that we all, from every part of the world, live in one world (Paul Auster Quotes) You find the book in the process of doing it. That’s the adventure of the job (Paul Auster Quotes) We are all aliens to ourselves, and if we have any sense of who we are, it is only because we live inside the eyes of others (Paul Auster Quotes) No one wants to be part of a fiction, and even less so if that fiction is real (Paul Auster Quotes) What better portrait of a writer than to show a man who has been bewitched by books? (Paul Auster Quotes) Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can (Paul Auster Quotes) Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over the years (Paul Auster Quotes) Each book I’ve done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once I find it, I stick with it (Paul Auster Quotes) Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years (Paul Auster Quotes) For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity (Paul Auster Quotes) For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names (Paul Auster Quotes) I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much (Paul Auster Quotes) I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It’s the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs (Paul Auster Quotes) I think if we didn’t contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive (Paul Auster Quotes) I’ve learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious (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 who don’t like my work say that the connections seem too arbitrary. But that’s how life is (Paul Auster Quotes) Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can’t really measure degrees of difficulty (Paul Auster Quotes) Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead (Paul Auster Quotes) There’s love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we’re alone in our heads (Paul Auster Quotes) Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing (Paul Auster Quotes) Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great passion. That is because human beings need stories (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) 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) 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) No book includes the entire world. It’s limited. And so it doesn’t seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that. There’s so much other material to write about (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) We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next (Paul Auster Quotes) And that’s why books are never going to die. It’s impossible. It’s the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger, and we find our common humanity doing this. So the book doesn’t only belong to the writer, it belongs to the reader as well, and then together you make it what it is (Paul Auster Quotes)

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