I really do feel part of America to my very bones; at the same time, I know that I come from somewhere else. Paul Auster Read Quote
The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. Paul Auster Read Quote
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. Paul Auster Read Quote
Movies are not novels, and that’s why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can’t be done. Paul Auster Read Quote
You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it’s not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer. Paul Auster Read Quote
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 it’s absolutely idiotic. I mean, there’s no way to reconcile those two things. You just have to forget the whole business of what people are saying. Paul Auster Read Quote
I don’t think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer, who tends to have flights of fancy at times, but nevertheless, my feet are mostly on the ground. Paul Auster Read Quote
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, I am very aware of it. Paul Auster Read Quote
There’s love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we’re alone in our heads. Paul Auster Read Quote
