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Paul Auster Quotes

The kind of fiction I'm trying to write is about telling the truth.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: February 3, 1947

Topics

Truth Trying Kind Write Fiction

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

Money Professional Lots Vacant

I wouldn't like to live in a castle now, but I'd enjoy a visit to Restormel in Cornwall in its 13th century prime. It's a circular castle with the rooms built against the outer walls and quite intimate in size. Life there wouldn't follow the pattern of more classic castle design.

Life Live Walls Design Enjoy Follow

I find Jessica Jones a much more interesting character to write for than Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is so noble and heroic, and I don't find that as interesting as one who's really damaged and flawed and has post-traumatic stress disorder.

Melissa Rosenberg

Character Stress Woman Interesting

I hated being a public company CEO.

Company Being CEO Hated Public

I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand people read, or just privileged people read. I want to write a book whose emotional truth people can understand. For me, that's what it's about.

Truth People Me Book Understand

I like playing tennis. I've always enjoyed the process of being a tennis player; I'm just not sure that I enjoyed the travel at the end, and my body didn't recover from the day-to-day grind.

Travel Process End Body Grind Sure

I'm all for philosophical debates about race, but if you look at history, you see that the status quo has power when it's unchallenged. So these conversations about inequality are crucial.

Power History You Look Inequality

I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon.

Love Sun Horizon Lights Bright Over

Being a former engineer, you learn to always go back, study yourself, see what you could've done differently, see what you could've said.

Yourself Learn You Back Said Done

The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that they're learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences.

Learning Ideas Consequences Seriously

Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.

Life Live Succeed Moments Life Is A

I read 'Y: The Last Man' once a year.

Man Year Last Read Once Once A Year

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