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> [ What I'm trying to do \[in Winter Journal\] is to tell the story of a man's life from birth, but there are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/what-i-m-trying-to-do-in-winter-journal-is-to-tell-the-story-of-a-man/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [ When the publisher here in America wanted to put the word "memoir" on the title page \[of 'Winter Journal'\] and on the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/when-the-publisher-here-in-america-wanted-to-put-the-word-memoir-on/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [I wrote Report from the Interior was that after I finished Winter Journal, I took a pause, and I realized there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-wrote-report-from-the-interior-was-that-after-i-finished-winter/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [I don't have all the facts. And I might misremember. As a matter of fact, after I finished Winter Journal, I realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-don-t-have-all-the-facts-and-i-might-misremember-as-a-matter-of/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [He knew that his wings could ignite at any moment, but the closer he came to touching the fire, the more he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/he-knew-that-his-wings-could-ignite-at-any-moment-but-the-closer-he/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [I have to say in premise 'Winter Journal' is really not a memoir. And I don't even think of it as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-have-to-say-in-premise-winter-journal-is-really-not-a-memoir-and-i/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [I thought, "Well, I'm writing about early childhood, so maybe it would make sense to write about late childhood as well, early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-thought-well-i-m-writing-about-early-childhood-so-maybe-it-would/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [I say at the very end of "Winter Journal" that I do dream about my father often. I think I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-say-at-the-very-end-of-winter-journal-that-i-do-dream-about-my/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [My children haven't read 'Winter Journal'. They have read some of my work, but I really don't foist it on them. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/my-children-haven-t-read-winter-journal-they-have-read-some-of-my/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [For example, when I was writing Leviathan, which was written both in New York and in Vermont - I think there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/for-example-when-i-was-writing-leviathan-which-was-written-both-in/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/autobiographical-writings-essays-interviews-various-other-things-all/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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## Other authors on Journal

## More by Paul Auster

> [“On his best walks, he was able to feel that he was nowhere. And this, finally, was all he ever asked of things: to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/on-his-best-walks-he-was-able-to-feel-that-he-was-nowhere-and-this/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [“No es que escribir me produzca un gran placer, pero es mucho peor si no lo hago.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/no-es-que-escribir-me-produzca-un-gran-placer-pero-es-mucho-peor-si/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/you-see-the-interesting-thing-about-books-as-opposed-say-to-films-is/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-m-not-a-man-deeply-interested-in-technology-it-eludes-me/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [The joke is the purest, most essential form of storytelling. Every word has to count.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/the-joke-is-the-purest-most-essential-form-of-storytelling-every-word/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [“What people saw when he appeared before them, then, was not really him, but a person he had invented, an artificial creature he could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/what-people-saw-when-he-appeared-before-them-then-was-not-really-him/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [I had made an empirical discovery and it carried all the weight of a mathematical proof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-had-made-an-empirical-discovery-and-it-carried-all-the-weight-of-a/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [As long as there's one person to believe it, there's no story that can't be true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/as-long-as-there-s-one-person-to-believe-it-there-s-no-story-that-can/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/writing-has-always-had-a-tactile-quality-for-me-it-s-a-physical/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [People look at the same passage, and one person will say this is the best thing he's ever read, and another person will say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/people-look-at-the-same-passage-and-one-person-will-say-this-is-the/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [I was very moved to see that the name of the boat was Hamlet - an imaginary character becomes so important to people, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-was-very-moved-to-see-that-the-name-of-the-boat-was-hamlet-an/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [Our lifelong certainties about the world can be demolished in a single second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/our-lifelong-certainties-about-the-world-can-be-demolished-in-a/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [The ideal reader's the same, and I suppose this person has never had a face or a gender or an age. It's just some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/the-ideal-reader-s-the-same-and-i-suppose-this-person-has-never-had-a/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [“Most lives vanish. A person dies, and little by little all traces of that life disappear. An inventor survives in his inventions, an architect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/most-lives-vanish-a-person-dies-and-little-by-little-all-traces-of/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

> [“and cut down many trees. When the Humans”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/and-cut-down-many-trees-when-the-humans/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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