The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading it in a fever over two or three days... I said, 'If this is what a book can be, then that is what I want to do.' Paul Auster bookconvincecrime share on social
I never experiment with anything in my books. Experimentation means you don't know what you're doing. Paul Auster bookexperimentexperimentation Change image and share on social
I think New York has evolved in my work just the way the city has. Paul Auster cityevolvework Change image and share on social
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 ageavoidcost Change image and share on social
The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. Paul Auster autobiographicaldeeplydirectly Change image and share on social
I've never been able to witness the birth of an idea. It seems as if one second, there's nothing particularly going on, and the next second, something is there. It's coming up out of my unconscious, up from places that I don't even know where they are. Paul Auster birthcomehave share on social
The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy. Paul Auster challengeeasyhave Change image and share on social
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 arrangebreakcircle share on social
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 attachcharactername Change image and share on social
I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. Paul Auster guessplayreproduce Change image and share on social
