Paul Auster Quotes
I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods, most of which people don't need. I'm anti-consumerism; I own four pairs of black Levis and that's it.
Paul Auster
American writer
Becoming a writer is not a 'career decision' like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don't choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you're not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days.
Paul Auster
American writer
I'm generous. I give good tips. It's just - the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don't want anything. I'm not a consumer. I don't crave objects.
Paul Auster
American writer
Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years.
Paul Auster
American writer
It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me.
Paul Auster
American writer
There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
Paul Auster
American writer
In my studio, it is unkempt and unattractive. Once I'm in my work, I don't notice where I am.
Paul Auster
American writer
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
American writer
I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me.
Paul Auster
American writer
You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.
Paul Auster
American writer
I woke up one day and thought: 'I want to write a book about the history of my body.' I could justify talking about my mother because it was in her body that my body began.
Paul Auster
American writer
All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works.
Paul Auster
American writer
I can never say 'why' about anything I do. I suppose I can say 'how' and 'when' and 'what.' But 'why' is impenetrable to me.
Paul Auster
American writer
I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly.
Paul Auster
American writer
Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can't really measure degrees of difficulty.
Paul Auster
American writer
I really do feel part of America to my very bones; at the same time, I know that I come from somewhere else.
Paul Auster
American writer
When you're young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound.
Paul Auster
American writer
Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the nice sights in our city, seeing a young woman on a bike.
Paul Auster
American writer
I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type it up because sometimes it's almost illegible, and if I wait, I might not be able to read it the next day.
Paul Auster
American writer
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
American writer
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