There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round. Paul Auster hopemakeround Change image and share on social
I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me. Paul Auster deeplyeludeinterest Change image and share on social
I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections. Paul Auster correctionfountainhand Change image and share on social
Human beings need stories, and we're looking for them in all kinds of places; whether it's television, whether it's comic books or movies, radio plays, whatever form, people are hungry for stories. Paul Auster beingbookcomic 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
I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer, who tends to have flights of fancy at times, but nevertheless, my feet are mostly on the ground. Paul Auster classicfancyflight share on social
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
If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything. Paul Auster ready 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
Children, I mean, think of your own childhood, how important the bedtime story was. How important these imaginary experiences were for you. They helped shape reality, and I think human beings wouldn't be human without narrative fiction. Paul Auster bedtimebeingchild share on social