Paul Auster Quotes

Writing is such a strange, utterly mysterious process. First, there was nothing; then, suddenly, there was something. I don't know where thoughts are born. Where the hell does it come from? I don't know. I really don't know.

Paul Auster

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThoughtsWritingProcessHellBorn

Adapting is a common natural way for people to adapt to their environment.

Joe Barton

PeopleEnvironmentAdaptWayNatural

I feel, as a person, very uninteresting.

Jeremy Piven

FeelPersonI FeelVery

Passion and true passion is actually very unpredictable. It heads in unexpected directions because it's constantly seeking out new challenges. But what's really interesting is that passion ultimately is necessary for sustained extreme performance improvement.

John Hagel III

PassionImprovementChallengesNew

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

Maya Angelou

TimeMyselfExperienceMeLongOwn

Our generation was born during the turmoil following the First World War. That war marked the dividing line - at least for the Western World - between the comfortable security of the 19th century and the instability and flux of our own time.

Robert Kennedy

TimeWarWorldGenerationSecurity

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.

Steven Spielberg

HomeMoviesLittleNeighborhoodKids

We don't choose the books we write; they choose us.

Miriam Toews

ChooseWriteUsBooks

Both my parents were painters.

Jason Momoa

ParentsPaintersBothWere

I crank up the music, and I dance around the house.

Christie Brinkley

MusicDanceHouseUpAroundCrank

So many different countries have got their version of what Merlin is: the Scottish say he Scottish, the Welsh say he's Welsh, the French say he's French.

Colin Morgan

SayGotDifferentScottishHeWelsh

More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.

Anthony Weiner

CommunitySmallImmigrationPrice

As a wheelchair user, you can't move about freely. That's the only thing that bothers me a little. When I'm in the Euro Group in Brussels, colleagues who want to talk to me have to come to me. But I hope they know that this has nothing to do with arrogance.

Wolfgang Schauble

HopeMeColleaguesArroganceYou

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