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
The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. Paul Auster characterclosedeep Change image and share on social
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 beingbookchurn share on social
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 agedreamescape Change image and share on social
If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything. Paul Auster ready Change image and share on social
Baseball is a universe as large as life itself, and therefore all things in life, whether good or bad, whether tragic or comic, fall within its domain. Paul Auster badbaseballcomic Change image and share on social
You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book, it's not an audience, it's one to one. Paul Auster audiencebookencounter Change image and share on social
When you're young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound. Paul Auster changemindread Change image and share on social
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 bookimaginarynarration share on social
Our lifelong certainties about the world can be demolished in a single second. Paul Auster certaintydemolishlifelong Change image and share on social