All Paul Auster Quotes
- Then, without any warning, we both straightened up, turned towards each other, and began to kiss. After that, it is difficult for me to speak… Almost Pointless
- but even the facts do not always tell the truth Always Tell
- Solitary. But not in the sense of being alone. Not solitary in the way Thoreau was, for example, exiling himself in order to find out… Alone
- Eighteen is a terrible age, and while I walked around with the conviction that I was somehow more grown-up than my classmates, the truth was… Age
- We are left with nothing but death, the irreducible fact of our own mortality. Death after a long illness we can accept with resignation. Even… Accept
- You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person in the world to whom… All
- Writing begins in the body, it is the music of the body, and even if the words have meaning, can sometimes have meaning, the music… Begin
- and now we get to the hard part. the endings, the farewells, and the famous last words. if you don't hear from me often, remember… Endings
- Wounds are an essential part of life, and until you are wounded in some way, you cannot become a man. Cannot Become
- you can survive only if nothing is necessary to you Funny
- I've been trying to fit everything in, trying to get to the end before it's too late, but I see now how badly I've deceived… Allow
- We find ourselves only by looking to what we’re not. Find
- I really have no interest in myself. Interest
- I think New York has evolved in my work just the way the city has. City
- 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… All
- History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment,… All
- Our lifelong certainties about the world can be demolished in a single second. Certainties
- Baseball is a universe as large as life itself, and therefore all things in life, whether good or bad, whether tragic or comic, fall within… All
- The human body is strange and flawed and unpredictable. The human body has many secrets, and it does not divulge them to anyone, except those… Anyone
- The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. All
- I really do feel part of America to my very bones; at the same time, I know that I come from somewhere else. America
- Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more sensitive, more understanding.… Actually Make
- I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of… Book