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Me Quotes by Paul Auster
- 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…
- For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its…
- For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.
- I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much.
- I can never say 'why' about anything I do. I suppose I can say 'how' and 'when' and 'what.' But 'why' is impenetrable to me.
- 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…
- What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that…
- As my friend George Oppen once said to me about getting old: what a strange thing to happen to a little boy.
- While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels, I liked them. And there was a period when I read…
- I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me. I confess I don't even have a computer, I don't have a cell phone.
- I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what…
- It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.
- It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I…
- it's a rare day when she speaks in anything but platitudes--all those exhausted phrases and hand-me-down ideas that cram the dump sites of contemporary wisdom
- In other words: It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not. Or, more bluntly: Wherever I…
- 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…
- 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…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale