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 biteintegrityline Change image and share on social
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 beginbodybook Change image and share on social
All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works. Paul Auster autobiographicalhaveimpulse Change image and share on social
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 bottomchangecontinue Change image and share on social
Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can't really measure degrees of difficulty. Paul Auster degreedifficultymeasure Change image and share on social
Holes in the memory. You grab on to some things, others have completely disappeared. Paul Auster completelydisappeargrab Change image and share on social
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 adaptcomplexfailure Change image and share on social
History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it. Paul Auster awarecharacterdirectly Change image and share on social
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 absolutelybusinessforget share on social
With a computer, you make your changes on the screen and then you print out a clean copy. With a typewriter, you can't get a clean manuscript unless you start again from scratch. It's an incredibly tedious process. Paul Auster cleancomputercopy share on social
