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
Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. Paul Auster breathefeellive 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
You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer. Paul Auster acceptablebookentertain Change image and share on social
We all die, we all get sick, we all feel hunger and lust and pain, and therefore human life is consistent from one generation to the other. We all - most of us, anyway - want connections with other people and spend our lives looking for them. Paul Auster connectionconsistentdie 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
It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not. Paul Auster deadendnight Change image and share on social
I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films. Paul Auster authorcomplicatefilm share on social
When I write, the story is always uppermost in my mind, and I feel that everything must be sacrificed to it. All elegant passages, all the curious details, all the so-called beautiful writing - if they are not truly relevant to what I am trying to say, then they have to go. Paul Auster beautifulcallcurious share on social
