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 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
What keeps me up at night? Anxiety. Anxiety, the inability to go to sleep, it's quite literally that. Paul Auster anxietyinabilityliterally Change image and 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
Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life. Paul Auster careimportantlife 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
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
I've learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious. Paul Auster curiousearlyhave 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