I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films. Paul Auster
Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. Paul Auster
When you're young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound. Paul Auster
There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. Paul Auster
Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can't really measure degrees of difficulty. Paul Auster
Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life. Paul Auster
I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections. Paul Auster
I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs. Paul Auster
What keeps me up at night? Anxiety. Anxiety, the inability to go to sleep, it's quite literally that. Paul Auster
The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy. Paul Auster Paul Auster
Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead. Paul Auster
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. Paul Auster