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
Our lifelong certainties about the world can be demolished in a single second. Paul Auster certaintydemolishlifelong Change image and 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
I'm generous. I give good tips. It's just - the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don't want anything. I'm not a consumer. I don't crave objects. Paul Auster consumercravegenerous Change image and share on social
I think it's a very good thing to leave your country and look at it from afar. Paul Auster afarcountrygood 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
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
Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about a lot of things over the years. Paul Auster beautifulchangehave Change image and share on social
I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went. Paul Auster americaawhileback 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
