Paul Auster Quotes

When I write, the story is always uppermost in my mind, and I feel that everything must be sacrificed to it. All elegant passages, all the curious details, all the so-called beautiful writing - if they are not truly relevant to what I am trying to say, then they have to go.

Paul Auster

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BeautifulI AmCuriousMindWriting

What is worst about America was acted out. What is best in America doesn't export.

Robert Stone

BestAmericaWorstOutExportAbout

When I was a kid I got so much help from the Church. When I was a kid, our family was so poor they couldn't afford me to go to school, so there was an American family that send the money to the church to support my school fees.

John Woo

FamilyMoneySchoolSupportMeHelp

I study Torah all the time.

Amar'e Stoudemire

TimeStudyTorah

'English Vinglish' is simple; that's why people like it. The film has simplicity and sensitivity. There is no melodrama. Some things have been conveyed just through expressions and no lines.

Sridevi

SimpleSimplicityPeopleWhyThrough

A child's mind is its living room; it's going to be residing there for the rest of its earthly existence.

Tom Robbins

ChildMindRestLivingExistence

The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation where people will hold the American economy hostage in order to achieve a specific agenda - at least not until 2013. So we think that is incredibly important as a matter of economic good.

Jay Carney

GoodPeopleThinkAmericanSituation

I'm from England, and like every other great empire who stole bits of the world, there is a price to pay. And I was born in 1935. So, since I've been conscious of the world, I've either been in, or been on the periphery of, a war zone.

Don McCullin

GreatWarWorldBornPricePay

Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others.

David Soul

HomeIdentityOthersOpenCastle

I grew up listening to Frank Sinatra, riding in the car with my grandpa, and I was just intrigued by it.

Brett Eldredge

CarListeningRidingUpJustFrank

'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.

Bruno Mars

MusicMeListeningLovedRockHead

Any person I idolise, or I really admire their work, I want to beat them... For me, going through my years, I made sure to idolise myself... So when you're in a race, you have to make sure that you think you are the favourite to win. You have to have that confidence.

Alia Atkinson

WorkConfidenceMyselfMeWinThink

It is poor rule that won't work more ways than one.

Susan B. Anthony

WorkPoorMoreRuleThanWays

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