Facts about Paul Auster

Occup.Author
FromUSA
BornFebruary 3, 1947
Age77 years

Summary

Paul Auster is a famous Author from USA, he/she is 77 years old and still alive, born February 3, 1947.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 14 quotes who is written / told by Paul.

14 Famous quotes by Paul Auster

Small: I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contem
"I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table"
Small: All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to ma
"All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children"
Small: It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the
"It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not"
Small: Theres hope for everyone. Thats what makes the world go round
"There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round"
Small: If youre not ready for everything, youre not ready for anything
"If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything"
Small: I dont think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there
"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"
Small: Its extremely difficult to get these jobs because you cant get a job on a ship unless you have seamans
"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 seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me"
Small: You cant put your feet on the ground until youve touched the sky
"You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky"
Small: I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasnt that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just n
"I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went"
Small: You have to protect it too, you cant let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing w
"You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don't believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either"
Small: You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that its always just one pers
"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 an audience, it's one to one"
Small: We construct a narrative for ourselves, and thats the thread that we follow from one day to the next.
"We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are the ones who lose that thread"
Small: I dont know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of t
"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 Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn't hurt the book"
Small: Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever
"Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever"