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P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: And that's finally all anyone wants out of

And that's finally all anyone wants out of a book- to be amused — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: One very big album, bound in expensive leather

One very big album, bound in expensive leather with a gold-stamped title on the cover - This is our life: The Austers - was totally blank inside. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: No one can ever amount to anything in

No one can ever amount to anything in this life without someone else to believe in him. That — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: I learned that books are never finished, that

I learned that books are never finished, that it is possible for stories to go on writing themselves without an author. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: If people never learned the truth about him,

If people never learned the truth about him, then they couldn't turn around and use it against him. The lie was a way of buying protection. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: He was not trying to buy happiness, but

He was not trying to buy happiness, but simply an absence of unhappiness. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: Expect the unexpected, they say, but once the

Expect the unexpected, they say, but once the unexpected happens, the last thing you expect is that it will happen again. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: Books demand more. You have to be a

Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: I never would have thought of that word,

I never would have thought of that word, "hospitality." I settle into the rhythm of my steps. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: You're too good for this world, and because

You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: I don't think about the stories so much,

I don't think about the stories so much, as the characters themselves. They live on, and they are almost as real as I am. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: What keeps me up at night? Anxiety. Anxiety,

What keeps me up at night? Anxiety. Anxiety, the inability to go to sleep, it's quite literally that. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: It always stimulates me to discover new examples

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: It was the best thing that could have

It was the best thing that could have happened to him, it was the worst thing that could have happened to him. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: Nobody asks you to do this. The world

Nobody asks you to do this. The world out there is not panting after another novelist. We choose it. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: I've made my nothing, and now I've got

I've made my nothing, and now I've got to live in it. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: All men contain several men inside them, and

All men contain several men inside them, and most of us bounce from one self to another without ever knowing who we are. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: The grinding search for money can crush the

The grinding search for money can crush the spirit out of you unless you're made of steel. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and

After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: Paintings. Or the collapse of time in images.

Paintings. Or the collapse of time in images. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: For one reason or another, I became a

For one reason or another, I became a passionate reader when I was very little. As soon as I could read, I wanted to read. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: If you're not ready for everything, you're not

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: Poets are everywhere now, but they talk only

Poets are everywhere now, but they talk only to each other — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: We are continually shaped by the forces of

We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: My mind was a blithering gush, a pandemonium

My mind was a blithering gush, a pandemonium of rhapsodic thoughts. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: When a man feels he has come to

When a man feels he has come to the end of his rope, it is perfectly natural that he should want to scream. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: We find ourselves only by looking to what

We find ourselves only by looking to what we're not. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: But that was the beauty of this particular

But that was the beauty of this particular game. The moment you lost, you won. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: The sun is the past, the earth is

The sun is the past, the earth is the present, the moon is the future. — Paul Auster

P. Auster Quotes By Paul Auster: You tend to feel very hurt when people

You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.' — Paul Auster