"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"
- Paul Auster
About this Quote
Paul Auster's quote speaks to the idea of requiring a change of surroundings and a break from the familiar. He wished to take a break from America and check out a new location. He wasn't wanting to end up being an expatriate or never ever returned, however rather to take a break and get some perspective. His interest in French poetry and his previous see to Paris likely played a role in his decision to go. He wanted to take a break from the familiar and check out a brand-new location, and Paris appeared like the ideal location to do that. He wanted to get some breathing room and explore a brand-new culture, and Paris appeared like the best location to do that. He wished to take a break from the familiar and explore a new place, and Paris appeared like the perfect location to do that. He wished to get some perspective and explore a new culture, and Paris appeared like the best place to do that.
This quote is written / told by Paul Auster somewhere between February 3, 1947 and today. He/she was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 13 other quotes.
"I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that"
"Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry"
"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs"
"A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel"
