Inspirational Quote by Paul Auster Download Open image “In the good mystery there is nothing wasted, no sentence, no word that is not significant.” — Paul Auster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Language Mystery Sentences Significant
“In the good mystery there is nothing wasted, no sentence, no word that is not significant. And even if it is not significant, it has the potential to be so - which amounts to the same thing. The world of the book comes to life, seething with possibilities, with secrets and contradictions. Since everything seen or said, even the slightest,… — Paul Auster Copy Share
Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend. — Dennis Covington Copy Share Image
There is nothing waste, nothing sterile, nothing dead in the universe; no chaos, no confusions, save in appearance. — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
“Mysteries are fine things, but the written word should be preserved, intact, and free of extraneous error.” — Sandra Staas Copy Share Image
In the life of a real writer, nothing is ever lost, no word you write is a waste of your time or energy. — Larry Brooks Copy Share Image
Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“On his best walks, he was able to feel that he was nowhere. And this, finally, was all he ever asked of things: to… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“No es que escribir me produzca un gran placer, pero es mucho peor si no lo hago.” — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
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… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The joke is the purest, most essential form of storytelling. Every word has to count. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“What people saw when he appeared before them, then, was not really him, but a person he had invented, an artificial creature he could… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I had made an empirical discovery and it carried all the weight of a mathematical proof. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
As long as there's one person to believe it, there's no story that can't be true. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
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… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I was very moved to see that the name of the boat was Hamlet - an imaginary character becomes so important to people, we… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Our lifelong certainties about the world can be demolished in a single second. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image